Las Vegas home builders earn awards.

Nevada Energy Star Partners is an alliance of home builders, consultants, developers and utility companies that joined the Energy Star program in 2000. It's run and promoted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency together with U.S. Department of Energy. Its mission is in protecting our environment through energy efficiency, very basic and something that everyone today should embrace.

From the total membership in Nevada 28 are residential builders and developers. Those operating in the Las Vegas valley have made great progress in educating the home buyer about the value and benefits of saving energy. At a ceremony in Washington they'll be given the 2007 Energy Star Sustained Excellence Award. Congratulations. Let's all support the initiative.