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McStain is a founding member of Built Green Colorado. All builders must individually register each home in order to receive the Built Green designation.
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Responsibility
"When you're a builder, you're creating structures and patterns on the land that will be there for a very long time. And if you're going to be able to look at yourself in the mirror, you've got to do it right."
Tom Hoyt
Co-founder of McStain Neighborhoods
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Sustainability
"We believe that the only truly sustainable human community is one built in balance with the natural environment."
Caroline Hoyt
Co-founder of McStain Neighborhoods
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Greenhouse gas
The average home produces twice as much greenhouse gas pollution as the average car.
(Source: Alliance to Save Energy)
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Reducing greenhouse gas
In 1992 the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) introduced the ENERGY STAR® program as a way to identify and promote energy-efficient products and thereby reduce greenhouse gas pollution. ENERGY STAR-labeled homes are designed to perform 30% more efficiently than the typical home. McStain is one of just a few Colorado builders to make a 100% commitment to this program, meaning that all McStain homes meet the ENERGY STAR standards for energy efficiency.
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Adding "low-e" (low-emissivity) coatings to all windows in the country would save the equivalent of a half million barrels of oil per day. Or one third of all the oil we import from the Persian Gulf.
(Source: Consumer Guide to Home Energy Savings, 7th Edition)
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If all U.S. households and businesses bought ENERGY STAR-labeled products instead of standard new equipment over the next 15 years, our national energy bill over that time would be reduced by about $100 billion. The reduction in greenhouse gas emissions would be equivalent to taking 17 million cars off the road for each of those 15 years. (Source: Energy Star Fast Facts)
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"If every U.S. household looked for the ENERGY STAR label on the next light bulb they purchased, the nation could save up to $800 million annually in energy bills." (Source: Christie Todd Whitman, former EPA Administrator)
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If every U.S. household replaced 4 incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs, we'd save as much energy as removing 7 million cars from the road. (Source: Alliance to Save Energy)
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