LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
KB Home today announced that, for the fourth year in a row, it has received the prestigious RESNET® President’s Award for American Production Builders for building the most homes with a HERS® Index score of 53 or lower in the United States in 2016. Created by the Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET), this award recognizes homebuilder efforts to build highly energy-efficient homes. Since the award’s inception, KB Home remains the only recipient of the President’s Award for American Production Builders.
In celebration of this achievement and KB Home’s continued excellence in sustainability, a KB Home team was on hand to accept the award at the 2017 RESNET Conference held in Scottsdale, Arizona. This accomplishment comes on the heels of KB Home’s significant milestone of building its 100,000th ENERGY STAR® certified home.
About HERS
The HERS index is based on several variables that affect the energy efficiency of a home, including exterior walls, attic, windows and doors, heating and cooling systems, ductwork, water heating systems, lighting and appliances. With the HERS index, lower scores signify greater energy efficiency, generally resulting in reduced natural resource consumption and utility bills compared to homes with higher scores. For example, on average, a homeowner living in a KB home in Phoenix with a HERS Index score of 53 can potentially save up to $1,500 annually, compared to typical existing homes, which have a baseline HERS Index Score of 130.
Having partnered with the ENERGY STAR program since 2000 and committed to building all of its homes to this rigorous standard since 2009, KB’s new homes consistently score relatively well on the HERS Index. KB Home’s best scoring home built in 2016 was in Phoenix, Arizona, which achieved an impressive HERS score of 31. This highly-efficient ENERGY STAR certified home included a solar photovoltaic system, and can potentially save the homeowner up to $2,600 a year in energy bills.
For more information on KB Home’s commitment to building energy-efficient homes, please visit www.kbhome.com/energy-efficient-homes or call 888-KB-HOMES.
About KB Home
KB Home (NYSE: KBH) is one of the largest and most recognized homebuilders in the United States and an industry leader in sustainability, building innovative and highly energy- and water-efficient new homes. Founded in 1957 and the first homebuilder listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the Company has built nearly 600,000 homes for families from coast to coast. Distinguished by its personalized homebuilding approach, KB Home lets each buyer choose their lot location, floor plan, décor choices, design features and other special touches that matter most to them. To learn more about KB Home, call 888-KB-HOMES, visit www.kbhome.com or connect on Facebook.com/KBHome or Twitter.com/KBHome.
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