Mandalay Homes Earns ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year - Sustained Excellence Award

PRESCOTT, Ariz., April 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Mandalay Homes is proud to announce that they have received the 2019 ENERGY STAR(®) Partner of the Year - Sustained Excellence Award for continued leadership and outstanding efforts in building homes with sustainable building practices and materials. Mandalay Homes's accomplishments will be recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. on April 11, 2019.

Dave Everson, Founder and CEO of Mandalay Homes is thrilled to have won the ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Award for the third year in a row. "Mandalay Homes is honored to be amongst a class of professional home builders who are the best in the industry at embracing and implementing the highest standards of energy efficient building practices," said Everson.

Geoff Ferrell, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) added, "Earning ENERGY STAR's Sustained Excellence award is an absolute honor for Mandalay Homes. It signifies our commitment to building better homes and always striving to improve the product we deliver to our customers. The ENERGY STAR program is one of the most recognized labels in the market and Mandalay Homes' couldn't be more proud to promote this program through cerification of our homes."

"I applaud the 2019 ENERGY STAR Award Winners," said EPA Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation Bill Wehrum. "Their innovation and leadership enhance America's economic competitiveness. Reducing costly energy waste improves air quality and public health while protecting the environment."

The highest honor among ENERGY STAR Awards is the ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year--Sustained Excellence Award. EPA presents the Sustained Excellence Award to partners that have already received ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year recognition for a minimum of two consecutive years and have gone above and beyond the criteria needed to qualify for recognition. Winners hail from small, family-owned businesses to Fortune 500 organizations - representing energy-efficient products, services, new homes, and buildings in the commercial, industrial, and public sectors.

Mandalay Homes is no stranger to being recognized for their innovative and energy efficient building standards through the use sustainable practices and materials. Recent recognitions include:

    --  2019 ENERGY STAR "PARTNER OF THE YEAR - SUSTAINED EXCELLENCE" AWARD
    --  2018, 2017 ENERGY STAR "PARTNER OF THE YEAR" AWARD
    --  2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 U.S. EPA "INDOOR AIRPLUS LEADER" AWARD
    --  2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 U.S. DOE "HOUSING INNOVATION" AWARD
    --  2016, 2015, 2013 U.S. DOE "HOUSING INNOVATION" GRAND AWARD
    --  2017, 2016, 2015 U.S. DOE "MOST CERTIFIED DOE ZERO ENERGY READY HOMES"
        NATIONWIDE GRAND AWARD
    --  2017, 2013 ARIZONA FORWARD 1(ST) PLACE ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE AWARD OF
        MERIT
    --  2018, 2017 HIVE 50 INNOVATOR AWARD
    --  2017 TECHOME BRILLIANCE AWARDS FOR HIGH VOLUME AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY
    --  2016 ENERGY STAR "MARKET LEADER" AWARD

About Mandalay Homes
Founded in 1999 by Dave Everson, Mandalay Homes is recognized as one of the most innovative new home builders in America. A 10-time winner of the DOE's award for innovation and an ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year, two years in a row. Mandalay Homes has a passion for building homes that promote health, comfort, style, reduced energy costs, and lower environmental impact. Mandalay Homes is committed to being an industry leader in innovation and thoughtful design while utilizing cutting-edge technology to create high-performance homes.

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. Thousands of industrial, commercial, utility, state, and local organizations--including more than 40 percent of the Fortune 500®--rely on their partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to deliver cost-saving energy efficiency solutions. Since 1992, ENERGY STAR and its partners helped save American families and businesses nearly 4 trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity and achieve over 3 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas reductions. In 2017 alone, ENERGY STAR and its partners helped Americans avoid $30 billion in energy costs. More background information about ENERGY STAR can be found at: energystar.gov/about and energystar.gov/numbers.

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855.955.6466

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