Beazer Homes Applauds Imagine Homes for Winning Prestigious Green Building Award

ATLANTA, May 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Beazer Homes (NYSE: BZH), one of the
nation's top 10 homebuilders, applauds its partner Imagine Homes for receiving
a prestigious industry accolade for bringing affordable green options to
single-family new home construction.

Presented by the National Association of Home Builders during its 11th Annual
National Green Building Conference in Dallas, May 8-10, Imagine Homes received
the top award in the category of most affordable single-family green home. The
recognition marked the second time in as many years that Imagine Homes of San
Antonio has been distinguished for its excellence and innovation in moving
green features and sustainable construction practices toward the mainstream in
production building. Last year, Imagine was awarded top honors for green
building in the production home category.

"This is a tremendous achievement for the Imagine Homes team and we
congratulate them for all the hard work it has taken to get to this level of
recognition," said Ian McCarthy, president and CEO of Beazer Homes. "Our
collaboration with Imagine has been of tremendous benefit as we strive for
fresh and affordable ways to bring eco-friendly features to our own buyers."

As a principal investor in the San Antonio builder since 2006, Imagine's
success in green building helped inspire the national rollout of eSMART by
Beazer Homes(TM) last year. As the first program of its size by a national
builder, it includes a bevy of standard eco-friendly features designed to
increase energy and water efficiency and improve indoor air quality in every
Beazer home.

Beazer's planning and design team, in researching ways to expand its
eco-friendly program, continues to glean valuable information on green home
design, building techniques, and new materials through access to Imagine's
builders, engineers and architects. Additionally, the builder-partners share
research data and customer feedback which gives Beazer first-hand insight into
what customers' value most in an eco-friendly home.

"Our relationship with Imagine is probably the closest that any production
builder has come to having a true R&D center to test new products and building
methods," said McCarthy. "As we expand our eco-friendly program, we will
continue to draw on Imagine's expertise as an award-winning green home
builder."

About Imagine Homes
Imagine Homes is San Antonio's only true "green" volume homebuilder that
combines innovation and craftsmanship to build healthy, energy-saving and
environmentally responsible homes. The company was the first to build all
homes under both the federal Energy Star program and the Build San Antonio
Green program, co-administered by the Greater San Antonio Builders Association
and the Metropolitan Partnership for Energy. Established in 2006 by Jim
Bastoni and John Friesenhahn, Imagine Homes has grown quickly with homes built
or under construction in six high-growth neighborhoods throughout the San
Antonio area.

About Beazer Homes USA Inc.
Beazer Homes USA Inc. (NYSE: BZH), headquartered in Atlanta, is one of the
country's 10 largest single-family homebuilders with operations in 16 states.
The Company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol
"BZH." For more information, visit http://www.beazer.com.

SOURCE Beazer Homes USA Inc.

Mandy Brooks, Beazer Homes, +1-770-829-3755