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| Pulte Homes honored for energy efficient homebuilding Pulte Homes, one of America's largest home building companies, received recognition from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and BASF for the company's outstanding achievements in the DOE Builders Challenge program. Builders Challenge, launched in 2008, is a voluntary energy-savings program with a goal of constructing homes that achieve 70 or better on the EnergySmart Home Scale. The E-Scale allows homebuyers to see how the energy efficiency of a particular home compares to the DOE energy efficiency goal and other homes. Pulte Homes was honored during the International Builders' Show in Las Vegas in January for building the highest number of homes to qualify under the Builders Challenge in 2008, with a total of 649 homes constructed through the program's standards in 2008. Pulte's 649 Builders Challenge-qualified homes were constructed in its Las Vegas and Phoenix markets in 2008. write your comments about the article :: © 2009 Construction News :: home page |