"Consumers don't have to limit their smart energy choices to energy efficient
cars and appliances," said Bob Meyers, the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency’s (EPA’s) principal deputy assistant administrator for Air &
Radiation. "EPA is pleased to see builders in so many states leading the effort
to offer their customers high-efficiency, low-emission choices in new homes."
Nearly 200,000 new homes nationwide earned the Energy Star in 2006, bringing
the total number of Energy Star qualified homes across the nation to almost
750,000. To date, said the EPA, these homes have locked in annual savings of
more than $180 million for homeowners by saving over 1 billion kWh of
electricity and 100 million therms of natural gas.