McStain Neighborhoods
Denver, Colorado
Partner of the Year - New Home Builder and Affordable Housing
McStain Neighborhoods, a regional home builder, constructed over 80 ENERGY STAR® certified homes in 2022, for a total of more than 2,100 since joining the program in 2001. Key 2022 accomplishments include:
- Featuring ENERGY STAR throughout its electronic and printed marketing materials, including all website pages, printed sales center materials, social media posts, blogs, and email campaigns.
- Training all sales team members on the features and benefits of ENERGY STAR certified homes using EPA’s ENERGY STAR Sales Training Toolkit.
- Educating homebuyers on the features and benefits of its ENERGY STAR certified homes by attaching EPA’s ENERGY STAR New Home Homeowner Maintenance Guide to all new homebuyer welcome letters.
- Providing ongoing training to all new field and purchasing staff on ENERGY STAR program requirements.
- Achieving EPA’s WaterSense and Indoor airPLUS certifications within their Arras Park housing project as complements to ENERGY STAR certification and launching an interactive, educational room in one of its models to highlight the benefits of each certification.
