KB Home is celebrating Earth Day with the release of its 13th Annual Sustainability Report, detailing its environmental, social responsibility and economic sustainability accomplishments in 2019, and highlighting nearly 20 years of energy-efficient home building and sustainability awareness.
The home builder’s 2019 sustainability milestones include:
- Building its unprecedented 140,000th high-performance ENERGY STAR certified new home, more than any other home builder. These homes are designed to save energy and support healthier indoor air environments.
- Debuting KB ProjeKt: Where Tomorrow Lives, a health-oriented, full-scale experience of the future of homebuilding designed to support its residents’ physical and emotional health
- Partnering with a pioneering technology firm to offer at select communities an industry-first wellness intelligence system that uses proprietary software and sensor technologies to enhance safety, comfort, indoor air environments, quality of sleep and overall well-being and is certified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Indoor airPLUS program for indoor air quality
- Selling its 10,000th solar-powered home, with 17% of its homes now incorporating solar (up from 14% in 2018)
- Receiving EPA’s ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award for an unprecedented nine years in a row (with its tenth award recently announced), as well as the EPA’s WaterSense Sustained Excellence Award for the fourth consecutive year (following four Partner of the Year awards)
“During this uncertain time, our homes have taken on even greater significance in our lives,” said Jeffrey Mezger, KB Home chairman, president and CEO. “Our homes have become our workplaces, our schools and our centers of health and well-being. While it is difficult to foresee how this situation will evolve, one thing remains certain: in every economic and social environment, people will continue to seek a sanctuary from life’s cares, to rejuvenate and recharge, and to nurture their talents, relationships and spirits in a place called home. Throughout the more than six decades KB Home has been in business, our primary purpose has been to build the places where our customers can fulfill the fundamental human need for both shelter and connection. People are our foundation.”
