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April 26, 2011

KB Home ‘to Improve Efficiency 10% in 2011′

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KB Home is “well on its way” to improving the energy efficiency of its average home by ten percent this year, according to the company’s 2010 sustainability report.

The energy efficiency target is one of several 2011 sustainability goals that KB Home is set to achieve, the report said. Others include building a net-zero energy concept home in every division and increasing by ten percent the number of new-home communities in which the company recycles job site waste.

According to the report, KB Home decreased its greenhouse gas….

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Reader Comments

My EPG KB Home is a EPiG, ENERGY PIG. Air conditioner fully breaks down for the fifth time (in 5 years) House is an intolerable 96 degrees. For the third successive summer this KB Homes air-conditioner has blown up due to no one at KB Homes knows what the hell they’re doing. This proves once again there is no supervision and zero knowledge and zero testing at KB Home. KB Home has been named the #1 Green Homebuilder in a study by Calvert Investments and the #1 Homebuilder on FORTUNE magazine’s 2011 World’s Most Admired Companies list. Obviously you pay for these awards. Just Google a “KB Home sucks” for the people’s choice awards.

LemonMeister, Los Angeles, CA | April 26th, 2011

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