34 Home Building Facilities Win 2022 ENERGY STAR® Award

As a national builder of off-site and site-built homes, the Clayton Home Building Group® celebrated as 34 Clayton off-site home building facilities across the country each earned the 2022 ENERGY STAR® Residential New Construction Market Leader Award. Clayton Home Building Group® remains committed to sustainable building methods while providing homeowners with modern energy efficient features.

In 2021, Clayton Home Building Group® constructed and installed 19,994 ENERGY STAR® certified homes – an impressive increase from the nearly 14,000 in 2020. ENERGY STAR® estimates the nearly 20,000 homes constructed in 2021 resulted in more than $5.3 million dollars in total utility bill savings. ENERGY STAR® certified homes are at least 10 percent more energy efficient than those built to local and state code and achieve a 20 percent improvement on average while providing homeowners with better quality, performance, and comfort, according to ENERGY STAR®.

“Our team members continue to drive change in the home building industry, and this award is a reflection of our continued dedication to building affordable homes with sustainability and efficiency in mind,” said Keith Holdbrooks, President of Clayton Home Building Group. “This is the second time many of these facilities have received this distinction, and we’re grateful to our team members who continue to help provide affordable housing options for thousands of families that move into our homes each year.”

According to ENERGY STAR®, certified homes are quieter and more comfortable, have lower utility bills and help protect the environment by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. To earn the ENERGY STAR® certification, homes must meet strict energy efficiency guidelines set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

The following Clayton home building facilities were recognized with the ENERGY STAR® Market Leader Award: 

• Clayton Addison I

• Clayton Addison II

• Clayton Albany

• Clayton Albuquerque

• Clayton Appalachia

• Clayton Athens

• Clayton Bonham

• Clayton Buckeye

• Clayton Giles

• Clayton Hermiston

• Clayton Lewistown

• Clayton Maynardville

• Clayton Middlebury

• Clayton Nashville

• Clayton Oxford

• Clayton Perris

• Clayton Redwood Falls

• Clayton Richfield

• Clayton Rutledge

• Clayton Sacramento

• Clayton Savannah

• Clayton SE of Texas

• Clayton Waco I

• Clayton Waco II

• Clayton Wakarusa I

• Clayton Wakarusa II

• Clayton Waycross

• Clayton Rockwell

• Clayton Russellville

• TRU® White Pine

• TRU® Halls

• TRU Riverbirch

• TRU® Belton II

• TRU® Lynn

The Market Leader Award recognizes partners participating in the EPA’s ENERGY STAR® Residential New Construction program who have made a significant positive impact in energy-efficient construction and environmental protection by building or verifying at least 50 ENERGY STAR® certified homes, or by sponsoring a local program that supported these activities, over the past year. More than 120,000 ENERGY STAR® certified single-family homes and multifamily units were built in 2021, for a total exceeding 2.3 million since 1995. 

About ENERGY STAR®

ENERGY STAR® is the government-backed symbol for energy efficiency, providing simple, credible, and unbiased information that consumers and businesses rely on to make well-informed decisions. Since 1992, ENERGY STAR® and its thousands of partners have helped American families and businesses save 5 trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity, avoid more than $500 billion in energy costs, and achieve 4 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas reductions. More background information about ENERGY STAR® can be found at energystar.gov/about and energystar.gov/numbers.

ENERGY STAR and the ENERGY STAR mark are registered trademarks owned by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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