Major Home Builders Green Ranking
The Calvert Group Ltd, in collaboration with the Boston College Institute for Responsible Investment, conducted a survey of the 13 largest publicly traded U.S. homebuilders.
The study focused on four major ‘green’ indicators:
1. Energy Use
2. Building Material Use
3. Water Use
4. Land Use and Conservation of Open Space and Habitat
The Homebuilders ranked as follows:
1. KB Homes
2. D.R. Horton
3. Pulte
4. Centex
5. Lennar
6. Ryland
7. Beazer
8. Meritage
9. Toll Brothers
10. K. Hovnanian
11. MDC Holdings
12. Standard Pacific
13. NVR Inc.
It was noted that although every major homebuilder has incorporated some environmental and efficiency programs and products, none have fully embraced the emerging market of sustainable building design and construction.