These awards underscore the national homebuilder’s commitment to its customers and the construction of energy-efficient homes
Meritage Homes, the seventh-largest public homebuilder in the U.S., is pleased to announce it has been selected by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as an ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year award winner for Sustained Excellence in 2022. This marks the ninth time the homebuilder has received this honor. Meritage Homes was also recognized for its customer service excellence in the 19th annual Avid Awards. Thirteen Meritage divisions were honored, including Southern California, which won the Avid Cup Award – Production.
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“It is an honor to be recognized again by both the EPA and Avid,” said Phillippe Lord, CEO of Meritage Homes. “These awards demonstrate the Meritage team’s hard work and commitment to building better, more sustainable homes while delivering the industry’s highest level of customer satisfaction.”
ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award
The ENERGY STAR award is given to partners demonstrating exceptional leadership year-after-year. This award highlights the company’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) efforts and its green building mission. Partnering with the ENERGY STAR program, Meritage achieved many environmental goals in 2021, including:
- Delivering 12,801 ENERGY STAR certified homes.
- Achieving an average Home Energy Rating System (HERS) Index Score of 53 for all homes rated, improving from last year’s 56.
- Double-certifying every new home build started during the year under the ENERGY STAR and Indoor airPLUS programs.
19th Annual Avid Awards for Top-Rated Customer Experiences
The Avid Awards program is regarded as a trusted benchmark of customer service performance in the homebuilding industry. Avid has long been at the forefront of bringing transparency of builder performance to consumers by consumers since 1992. Avid’s New Home Experience surveys collect detailed homebuyer feedback and provide industry-leading insights on overall satisfaction, willingness to refer, actual number of recommendations, and more.
This is the tenth straight year that Meritage Homes has been recognized for the highest homebuyer ratings. This year, Meritage Homes’ Southern California Division received the prestigious Avid Cup – Production for the first time in the company’s history. The Avid Cup is the program’s top honor, with only one builder in North America receiving the award for the highest customer satisfaction ratings in the production category.
Meritage’s Nashville division was recognized with the Avid Gold Award for having the highest customer ratings per region for a new home at the time of move-in. Additionally, the company’s Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth, Denver, Greenville, South Carolina, Houston, North Carolina, Orlando, Phoenix, Raleigh, San Antonio and South Florida divisions took home the Avid Benchmark Award for scoring among the top 25% in customer ratings nationwide.
Source: Meritage Homes