A four-time WaterSense Builder Partner of the Year, KB Home receives
its first Sustained Excellence Award for its demonstrated commitment to
water efficiency
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized KB Home (NYSE:
KBH) with a 2015 WaterSense Sustained Excellence Award. KB Home was
honored at the WaterSmart Innovations Conference for making a difference
every day through water efficiency innovation and WaterSense promotion
in 2014.
"KB Home's sustainability principles have been a significant focus of
our business for many years, and it is an incredible honor to have
earned the WaterSense program's Sustained Excellence designation this
year for our ongoing commitment to water efficiency," said Dan
Bridleman, senior vice president of Sustainability, Technology and
Strategic Sourcing at KB Home. "Through our sustainability journey, we
have often found that what is good for the environment is also good for
our customers and our company, and this prestigious award serves as an
extraordinary recognition of our efforts."
By creating and educating consumers about WaterSense labeled products,
homes, and programs, WaterSense partners helped consumers save 346
billion gallons of water in 2014 alone—that's more than the amount of
water used by all households in Texas for a year! WaterSense also has
helped reduce the amount of energy needed to heat, pump, and treat water
by 146 billion kilowatt hours, enough energy to supply a year's worth of
power to more than 13.3 million homes.
More than 1,700 utilities, manufacturers, retailers, builders, and
organizations partner with WaterSense. However, only a select few are
recognized for their significant program contributions.
"We are so appreciative of, and continually impressed by, our WaterSense
partners' dedication to making water efficiency a priority," said Ellen
Gilinsky, EPA Office of Water Senior Policy Advisor. "By touching lives
with water-efficient products, programs, and practices on a daily basis,
they're helping improve community resilience to extreme weather
conditions such as drought and providing a foundation for water
conservation that will help save water for future generations."
KB Home was honored as a 2015 WaterSense Sustained Excellence Award
winner for continuing to advance residential water efficiency. In 2014,
KB Home increased the number of WaterSense labeled homes it delivered
and expanded both the availability of WaterSense labeled homes to
additional KB communities and its outreach to consumers on the value and
benefits of WaterSense labeled products.
Cumulatively, KB Home's WaterSense labeled homes and installation of
water-efficient features save an estimated 3 million gallons of water
daily, or the equivalent of four-and-a-half Olympic-sized swimming
pools, compared to typical existing homes that don't have water-saving
features.
For more information about WaterSense, visit www.epa.gov/watersense,
and for more information about KB Home, visit www.kbhome.com.
About KB Home
KB Home 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 NYSE-listed homebuilder (ticker symbol: KBH), 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.
About WaterSense
WaterSense, a partnership program sponsored by EPA, seeks to protect the
future of our nation's water supply by offering people a simple way to
use less water with water-efficient products, new homes, and services.
Since the program began in 2006, WaterSense has helped consumers save
1.1 trillion gallons of water and $21.7 billion in water and energy
bills.
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