Video: eSMART by Beazer Homes(TM) Launches Nationally

First Top 10 Builder to Include Products that Address Energy & Water Savings
and Indoor Air Quality as Standard Features

ATLANTA, April 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Beazer Homes USA, Inc.
(NYSE: BZH), one of the nation's top 10 homebuilders, today launched eSMART by
Beazer Homes(TM) (http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/beazer/32362), the first
comprehensive program of its size designed to increase energy and water
efficiency, and improve indoor air quality, for every home it builds.
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The innovative program combines high-performance products from GE,
Honeywell, Moen and others with industry-approved green building practices,
and is designed to have an immediate impact on the home's annual operating
costs. The new eSMART features will be made available at no additional cost to
buyers.
Going forward, every newly-started Beazer home will include products
designed to increase energy and water efficiency, including Honeywell
FocusPRO(TM) Programmable Thermostats, GE EnergySmart(TM) compact fluorescent
light bulbs (CFLs), GE Energy Star(R) dishwashers and MOEN water-saving
bathroom faucets and showerheads. Additionally, each new Beazer home will
incorporate products designed to improve indoor air quality, including air
filters with a higher minimum efficiency rating value (MERV), and carpets and
paints that emit lower volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
"Our goal is to provide affordable everyday solutions that can make a
difference right now in terms of environmental impact and operating costs,"
said Tony Callahan, senior vice president of Purchasing, Planning and Design
at Beazer Homes. "Consumers want to do their part for the environment, but
they also need to save money. With our eSMART homes they can do both."
eSMART by Beazer Homes(TM) will provide homeowners immediate annual energy
savings when compared with a similar home built without these features. For
example, converting the typical 3-bedroom, 21/2-bath Beazer home to
EnergySmart(TM) CFLs will save homeowners approximately $331 in annual energy
and replacement costs* (at 9.7 cents/kWh).
According to Callahan, Americans' expectations about energy efficiency in
new home construction are changing. Some 66 percent of consumers polled by
Beazer Homes in March 2008 report being more conscious of the environment and
the need to conserve natural resources today than they were five years ago.
And nearly three-quarters (73 percent) said that builders need to do more to
make an affordable "green" home available to the average American. Driving
this point home, two-thirds of survey respondents ranked the importance of
energy-saving features, such as programmable thermostats and CFLs, on par with
higher-end kitchen features when making a new home purchase decision.
As part of Beazer Homes' ongoing commitment to move toward more
sustainable building practices, the Company has aligned itself with recognized
leaders in the areas of environmentally-conscious home construction and
design. Through these partnerships, Beazer Homes' planning and design team is
gaining valuable insights on ways to combine environmentally-responsible
practices with practical, cost-effective measures that are marketable to
today's homebuyers.
For example, in 2006 Beazer Homes was a principal investor in the launch
of Imagine Homes, a San Antonio builder that is the first to certify 100
percent of their homes under two prestigious programs, the Build San Antonio
Green program and the U.S. Department of Energy's EPA Energy Star-qualified
Home program. Today, 90 percent of the green-certified homes in San Antonio
have been built by Imagine Homes. Additionally, Beazer Homes served as
principal sponsor of the Georgia Institute of Technology's entry into the 2007
Solar Decathlon, an international competition between 20 universities to
design, build, transport and commission an 800-square foot, solar-powered
house.
"As a national homebuilder, we have a responsibility to find practical,
sustainable and affordable solutions for our homebuyers," said Callahan.
"Beazer already offers quality homes at a great value. The addition of these
energy-saving and healthy home attributes gives us an unbeatable combination
for homebuyers who want it all."
For more information and photos, please see our multimedia press release
at:(http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/beazer/32362)
Beazer Homes USA Inc.
Beazer Homes USA Inc., headquartered in Atlanta, is one of the country's
10 largest single-family homebuilders, with operations in Arizona, California,
Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Nevada, New
Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia. Beazer Homes is listed
on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "BZH."
* Source: GE Lighting
SOURCE Beazer Homes

Will Zweigart of Imre Communications, +1-410-821-8220,
willz@imrecommunications.com; or Mandy Brooks of Beazer Homes,
+1-770-829-3755, mbrooks@beazer.com