Ashton Woods Homes Phoenix Earns Leadership in Housing Award from EPA

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - July 17, 2013 - PRLog -- Ashton Woods Homes Phoenix, a premiere builder of energy-efficient new homes, today announced that have recently earned a 2013 ENERGY STAR Leadership in Housing Award.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recognized Ashton Woods Homes for building ENERGY STAR certified homes during the past year in Phoenix, for its work in promoting energy-efficient construction in the Phoenix metro area and helping to protect the environment through its partnership with ENERGY STAR.

Together, families living in ENERGY STAR certified homes saved nearly $626 million on their utility bills and avoided greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those of more than 686,000 vehicles last year alone. More than 1.4 million ENERGY STAR certified homes have been built, with more than 100,000 constructed in 2012 alone. All of this is possible because of the hard work and dedication of more than 4,000 ENERGY STAR Certified Homes partners like Ashton Woods Homes in Phoenix.

For additional information on ENERGY STAR certified new homes in the Phoenix area, visitthe Ashton Woods homes for sale in Phoenix (http://www.ashtonwoodshomes.com/phoenix) webpage.

ABOUT ASHTON WOODS HOMES:

Ashton Woods Homes is one of the nation’s largest private homebuilding companies, with operations in Atlanta, Austin, Charleston, Dallas, Houston, Killeen, Orlando, Phoenix, San Antonio, Sarasota, Raleigh and Tampa.  Recently named the #1 Most Trusted Homebuilder in America in the Lifestory Research Most Trusted Builders in America Study ^SM, Ashton Woods is known throughout the industry for building homes with award-winning designs that inspire, and offering homebuyers a high level of personalization options.  Ashton Woods is also the only builder to nationally utilize the Environments for Living Platinum Program, a program that certifies the energy efficient status of our homes.  For more information, or to experience the excitement of becoming another satisfied Ashton Woods homeowner, visit ashtonwoodshomes.com (http://www.ashtonwoodshomes.com/) and search all of our new homes for sale (http://www.ashtonwoodshomes.com/).