KB Home Releases 16th Annual Sustainability Report, Detailing Its Industry-Leading Initiatives and Achievements - Seite 2

In 2022, KB Home:

• Launched the first residential microgrid communities of all-electric, energy-smart homes in California.
• Became the first national homebuilder to commit in July 2022 to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) highest water-efficiency standards for its new communities built in drought-impacted Arizona, California and Nevada.
• Maintained its position as the #1 energy-efficient national homebuilder based on a national average Residential Energy Services Network Home Energy Rating System (RESNET HERS) index score of 48.
• Reached new milestone of over 175,000 high-performance ENERGY STAR certified homes built, more than any other builder in the nation, cumulatively saving homeowners an estimated $1 billion in utility bills and reducing CO₂ emissions by an estimated 6.9 billion pounds.
• Delivered its 17,500th solar home, achieving 57 cumulative megawatts of solar power installed and producing an estimated total of 97 million kilowatt hours of renewable energy annually.
• Achieved milestone of over 19,000 WaterSense labeled and Water Smart homes built, more than any other homebuilder, and over one million WaterSense labeled fixtures installed, collectively helping to save an estimated 1.7 billion gallons of water annually.

By 2025, the company is targeting a national average HERS score of 45, down from 50 in 2020. Based on achieving this score, the company would reduce the estimated GHG emissions of its average home built in 2025 by 0.5 metric tons per year, or 8%, compared to its average home built in 2020.

Strong Communities
In 2022, KB Home:

• Contributed to the revitalization of established neighborhoods by delivering 1700+ new homes across more than 50 infill/redevelopment communities.
• Invested heavily in the local infrastructure of the communities in which it operates, including financial contributions totaling $121+ million toward schools, roads, parks, utilities and other key infrastructure (both voluntary and required).
• Aimed to create meaningful change through KB Cares, the company’s philanthropic program, which contributed nearly $2 million and 3,779 hours of KB employee volunteer time to local communities.

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