KB Home Wins 2020 WaterSense Sustained Excellence Award for Advancing Water Efficiency
October 22 2020 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Continuing its tradition of leadership in water conservation,
KB Home is the only homebuilder to be recognized by EPA WaterSense
program for 10 straight years.
KB Home (NYSE: KBH) today announced that its industry-leading
achievements in constructing water-efficient homes have been
recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for an
unprecedented 10th consecutive year. KB Home was the only
homebuilder to receive the 2020 WaterSense® Sustained Excellence
Award, the highest level of recognition given by the EPA’s
WaterSense program.
"Since the program started in 2006, our WaterSense partners have
made it possible for consumers and businesses to save more than 4.4
trillion gallons of water and $87 billion on utility bills,” said
Veronica Blette, WaterSense Program Manager. “We congratulate KB
Home on winning their 10th consecutive WaterSense award, as the
company constantly goes above and beyond to help their homeowners
save water, energy and money.”
KB Home was the first national homebuilder to join the EPA’s
WaterSense program and continues to champion the important role the
program plays in helping to both lower its buyers’ monthly utility
costs and minimize their carbon footprint and energy usage. To
date, KB Home has built more than 16,000 WaterSense labeled and
Water Smart homes, which is more than any other homebuilder, and
installed over 700,000 WaterSense labeled fixtures. The company
estimates that its homes conserve approximately 1.5 billion gallons
of water annually.
“KB Home is honored to be recognized by the EPA for a record
10th consecutive year for our continued leadership in this
important area,” said Jeffery Mezger, Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Officer of KB Home. “We understand that water
conservation is critical to our sustainability efforts as it helps
preserve a precious natural resource, reduce our homeowners’
utility costs and mitigate drought conditions and the load on our
aging infrastructure.”
In addition to water saving initiatives, KB Home has delivered
over 146,000 ENERGY STAR® certified new homes, a milestone that
surpasses all other homebuilders. Today, every KB home is designed
to meet or exceed the EPA’s ENERGY STAR certification standards
thanks to the quality construction techniques and materials used.
By contrast, in recent years, only one out of every 10 new homes
built in America has been ENERGY STAR certified. KB Home’s ENERGY
STAR certified new homes are up to 20 percent more energy efficient
than standard new homes built to code and are tested and certified
by independent third-party inspectors. The homebuilder estimates
that its sustainably designed homes have cumulatively reduced
energy utility bills for its homeowners by $780 million and lowered
its customers’ CO2 emissions by an estimated 5 billion pounds, the
equivalent of removing 435,000 cars from the road for one year.
Additionally, all new KB homes are designed to deliver an enhanced
indoor environment and include high performance ventilation
systems, low- or zero-VOC products and other features guided by the
EPA’s Indoor airPLUS standards.
KB Home is the only national builder to have earned awards under
all of EPA’s homebuilder programs, including WaterSense®, ENERGY
STAR, which establishes energy-efficiency standards, and Indoor
airPLUS, which focuses on indoor air quality.
For more information on KB Home, call 888-KB-HOMES or visit
kbhome.com.
For more information on KB Home’s sustainability initiatives,
visit kbhome.com/sustainability.
About KB Home
KB Home (NYSE: KBH) is one of the largest and most recognized
homebuilders in the United States and has been building quality
homes for over 60 years. Today, KB Home operates in 42 markets
across eight states, serving a wide array of buyer groups. What
sets us apart is how we give our customers the ability to
personalize their homes, from homesites and floor plans to cabinets
and countertops, at a price that fits their budget. We are the
first builder to make every home we build ENERGY STAR® certified.
In fact, we go beyond the EPA requirements by ensuring every KB
home has been tested and verified by a third-party inspector to
meet the EPA’s strict certification standards, which helps to lower
the cost of ownership. We also work with our customers every step
of the way, building strong personal relationships so that they
have a real partner in the homebuying process and the experience is
as simple and easy as possible. Learn more about how we build homes
built on relationships by visiting kbhome.com.
About WaterSense
WaterSense is a partnership program sponsored by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It is both a label for
water-efficient products and a resource for water-saving tips. The
WaterSense label is a simple way for consumers to identify
water-efficient products, new homes, and landscape irrigation
professionals. WaterSense labeled products use at least 20 percent
less water and perform as well as or better than standard models.
Visit www.epa.gov/watersense.
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Craig LeMessurier, KB Home 925-983-4509
clemessurier@kbhome.com
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