Quadrant Homes Awarded 2011 Eastside Sustainable Business Award

BELLEVUE, Wash., June 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bellevue Chamber of Commerce has awarded Quadrant Homes with the 2011 Eastside Sustainable Business Award in recognition of the homebuilder's leadership in sustainability. The award, given out at a luncheon last week, recognizes a company that is making significant strides in sustainability practices while balancing strong business, community and environmental practices.

Quadrant was honored on the basis of its Living Sound program, launched five years ago, that establishes a holistic approach to sustainable development and homebuilding.  Living Sound aims to improve the company's sustainability, both through its operational footprint and also through its citizenship practices.

"It is a true honor to be nominated along with the other admirable Eastside businesses," says Mark Gray, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Quadrant Homes. "We're proud of our employees and business partners for all of their efforts toward sustainability. We hold ourselves to the highest standard, looking for every opportunity throughout the building process to minimize impact on the environment, while encouraging our partners, vendors and homeowners to do the same."

In the last 10 years, Quadrant Homes includes among its sustainability milestones:

• Entering into partnerships with land conservation trusts such as the Cascade Land Conservancy, the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust, the Capitol Land Trust, and the Great Peninsula Conservancy.
• Committing to building to 2011 Northwest ENERGY STAR specifications for all new homes. For each 478 homes built this equals planting 324 acres of trees annually.
• Reducing waste management costs by 50 percent for each house Quadrant builds, though elimination of dumpsters and working on recycling programs with vendor partners.
• Adopting a Roadmap for Sustainability, setting new priorities, goals and an sustainability action plan reaching to 2025.  The Roadmap is employee-led, focuses on key systems and includes goals to achieve measureable improvements in focus areas, including waste and transportation reduction and product selection.
• Providing $25,000 last year to food banks and heroes through community grants.

The company has been recognized for its sustainability efforts, receiving honors such as Built Green™ Large Builder Award; Built Green™ Foundation; and the Association of Washington Business Environmental Award.

About Quadrant Homes

More Washingtonians live in a Quadrant home than in one constructed by any other builder.  Quadrant Homes, a subsidiary of Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company, is now in its 40th year of award-winning home building in the Puget Sound region.  Quadrant's "Built Your Way" approach encourages homebuyers to select the features that matter most to them.  The company is currently building or developing new-home communities in King, Snohomish, Pierce, Thurston, Kitsap, and Skagit counties. Quadrant was recognized with the 2010 Guildmaster Award for exceptional customer satisfaction, has been named  a Builder of the Year by the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties, and one of Washington's Best Work Places by The Puget Sound Business Journal.  Quadrant has also been designated by the Environmental Protection Agency as a qualified ENERGY STAR® builder. For more information, visit Quadrant's Web site (www.quadranthomes.com), (www.twitter.com/quadranthomes) and (www.facebook.com/quadranthomes).

SOURCE Quadrant Homes

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