Net-Zero Energy Option Now Available at KB Home in Houston
February 10 2012 - 12:00PM
Business Wire
They may say everything is bigger in Texas, but at KB Home
(NYSE:KBH) your energy usage doesn’t have to be—in fact it could be
zero. KB Home unveiled its first net-zero energy home in the
Houston area during a special event held today at its Lago Vista at
Westheimer Lakes community in Richmond. At the event, KB Home
employees and local elected officials hosted a group of area school
children for an exclusive guided tour of the innovative new home,
dubbed ZeroHouse 2.0, that is designed to produce as much energy as
it consumes.
KB Home already builds 100% of its new homes to U.S. EPA’s
ENERGY STAR® standards, but now homebuyers in Houston, and other
select KB Home markets, are able to choose a ZeroHouse 2.0 that may
eliminate their monthly electricity charges entirely, and is
estimated to save a Houston-area homeowner over $2,000 annually on
energy utility costs when compared to a typical existing home.
“At KB Home, each of our buyers gets their home Built to Order.
This means they get to select everything from the lot on which
their home is built, to the color of their carpeting, to the style
of their front door,” said Jim Widner, regional president for KB
Home. “And now, with the introduction of the ZeroHouse 2.0, they
can further customize their home’s potential energy efficiency.
They can select features that could reduce their monthly energy
bills to next to nothing, giving them greater control of their
total cost of homeownership and a new home tailored to fit their
lifestyle, taste and budget.”
The higher efficiency of the ZeroHouse 2.0 is the result of a
whole-home approach, from the inside out, that begins with
increased insulation, upgraded HVAC systems and dual-pane, low-e
windows and ends with solar panels on the roof. The new model
ZeroHouse 2.0 home at Lago Vista also showcases innovative new
technology, including an energy monitoring system and automated
home controls.
During the morning’s special event, students from nearby Harmony
Science Academy were among the first to discover what goes into the
ZeroHouse 2.0 at Lago Vista and enjoyed presentations from KB Home
employees and partners. At the conclusion of the event, KB Home
presented the school with a check for $2,028, or approximately the
same amount of the estimated annual savings that the owner of a
ZeroHouse 2.0 would enjoy over a typical existing home.
The ZeroHouse 2.0 at Lago Vista opens to the public for tours
tomorrow, Saturday, February 11 at 10 a.m. KB Home’s ENERGY STAR
qualified home designs, as well as ZeroHouse 2.0 efficiency
options, are available at communities throughout the Houston area.
To learn more, and locate a community near you, visit kbhome.com or
call 888-KB-HOMES.
About KB Home
KB Home is one of the largest and most recognized homebuilding
companies in the United States. Since its founding in 1957, the
company has built more than half a million quality homes. KB Home's
signature Built to Order™ approach lets each buyer customize their
new home from lot location to floor plan and design features. In
addition to meeting strict ENERGY STAR® guidelines, all KB homes
are highly energy efficient to help lower monthly utility costs for
homeowners, which the company demonstrates with its proprietary KB
Home Energy Performance Guide™ (EPG). A leader in utilizing
state-of-the-art sustainable building practices, KB Home was named
the #1 Green Homebuilder in a 2010 study by Calvert Investments and
the #1 Homebuilder on FORTUNE magazine's 2011 World's Most Admired
Companies list. Los Angeles-based KB Home was the first homebuilder
listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and trades under the ticker
symbol "KBH." For more information about KB Home's new home
communities, call 888-KB-HOMES or visit www.kbhome.com.
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