Meritage Homes, a large production homebuilder active in the Southwest U.S., has expanded its green home offerings to Texas.
The new Meritage green communities in Fort Worth and San Antonio will offer home buyers Energy Star-qualified homes that feature spray foam insulation and water-saving plumbing fixtures, among other features.
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Where there’s a need, there’s a way. Turns out that the biggest proportion of ENERGY STAR homes are being built in steamy Sunbelt locations where keeping the AC under control is an urgent need.
The top market, with the most ENERGY STAR-qualified homes built since the program begin in 1995, is Houston, with 144,000 homes.
The next top cities with the most homes built to these guidelines include Dallas, Las Vegas, Phoenix and Los Angeles
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