Talk:KB Home

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Does anyone have a legal logo for this company? I'd like to make a box for it. --Oakshade 06:04, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Lewis Homes
Lewis Homes was not based in Las Vegas, Originally it was based in Claremont California and later Upland California. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 159.225.155.25 (talk • contribs) 21:13, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Why "Satisfied Customers" but not the balancing complaint sites?
Why "Satisfied Customers" but not the balancing complaint sites? Seems like if one's up, the other should be as well. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.198.190.154 (talk) 13:21, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

News article that might fit here
For consideration by regular and knowledgeable editors: --User:Ceyockey ( talk to me ) 02:13, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

June 2013
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Edit Requests
Hi, I work for KB Home and have a WP:Conflict of Interest so I wanted to know if someone else could approve and post these edits. Thank you! Thank you so much! Ckane12345 (talk) 18:40, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Change “The company has built 550,000 homes since its founding” to “The company has built 630,000 homes since its founding.”
 * ImplementedUpdate infobox with current financial statistics for fiscal year 2019:
 * Revenue: $4.55 billion ($4,552,747,000)
 * Net Income: $268.8 million ($268,775,000)
 * Total Assets: $5.02 billion ($5,015,482,000)
 * Total Equity: $2.38 billion ($2,383,122,000)
 * Number of Employees: 2,140 (as of Dec. 31, 2019)
 * Citation is https://d18rn0p25nwr6d.cloudfront.net/CIK-0000795266/274d5811-a33d-48b9-9da7-e1ac8c062514.html
 * ImplementedAdd this line to the History section “In April 2008, KB Home published its first Sustainability Report, which outlined the company's environmental, social responsibility and economic sustainability accomplishments. It has produced this report annually for 13 years.” Citation is https://www.builderonline.com/design/kb-home-emits-its-13th-annual-sustainability-report_o
 * ImplementedAdd this line to the History section. “In March 2011, KB Home, in partnership with SunPower® Corp, introduced its first community with solar as a standard feature.” Citation is https://www.latimes.com/business/la-xpm-2011-mar-22-la-fi-kb-solar-20110322-story.html


 * Hi, happy to help. Couple notes/questions:
 * Do you have a source for the 630K homes built?
 * Infobox changes look good. I think an SEC submission is a good source but I'll double check
 * Sustainability report looks good. Not sure it should be capitalized.
 * No trademarks in Wiki, but looks good otherwise.
 * I'll look for that missing source too and work on other edits.
 * --FeldBum (talk) 22:02, 13 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Hi again.
 * Still looking for the 630K source
 * Infobox changes made. For consistency, I used .XX numbers throughout.
 * The sustainability report source was a press release. I changed to https://www.builderonline.com/builder-100/leadership/genz-will-loom-large-in-housings-2020s-recovery-how-pandemics-and-climate-connect_o
 * Made that change without the trademark
 * Once you find that 630K source (or I find one), I'll mark this as complete.
 * --FeldBum (talk) 15:51, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I think the pings above were to the wrong user. Do you have an update to the info above Ckane? Z1720 (talk) 23:48, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Oh, sorry about that. What a difference one digit makes. Pinging the correct.


 * Hello, thanks for your edits. We have a few more to add:
 * I couldn’t find a source for 630,000 houses specifically, but I did find this one for 600,000 houses. Can you use this?
 * Source: https://www.businessobserverfl.com/article/kb-home-avaunce-bradenton-grand-opening-community
 * Can you add the following line to the History section?
 * In January 2019, KB Home, in partnership with Builder Magazine, built the KB Home ProjeKt in Henderson, Nevada. The model home was intended to showcase sustainability, smart home technology and home building technology that supports the occupants mental, emotional and physical health, like circadian cycle lighting, acri-microbial paint and smart air purifiers.
 * Sources: https://www.forbes.com/sites/samanthasharf/2019/01/07/builder-kb-home-to-offer-wellness-software-as-smart-home-race-heats-up/?sh=d64f0555ac0c and https://www.builderonline.com/design/this-house-keeps-residents-healthy-by-design_o
 * Add a line about EPA recognition to the History section
 * In October 2020, KB Home was recognized by the EPA and awarded the WaterSense Sustained Excellence Award. This was the fourth consecutive year in which KB Home received this award. They were the only home builder to receive the award in 2020.
 * Sources: https://www.epa.gov/watersense/watersense-awards, https://www.architectmagazine.com/technology/epa-recognizes-kb-home_s, https://www.builderonline.com/builder-100/leadership/genz-will-loom-large-in-housings-2020s-recovery-how-pandemics-and-climate-connect_o and  https://www.builderonline.com/design/kb-home-emits-its-13th-annual-sustainability-report_o
 * Add Homes 4 Wounded Warriors to the History Section
 * In February 2020, KB Home partnered with Jared Allen’s Homes 4 Wounded Warriors and built a mortgage-free new home for veterans of the U.S. Air Force who sustained combat-related injuries in Afghanistan and Iraq.
 * Source: https://www.southernliving.com/news/kb-home-jared-allen-homes-wounded-warriors-san-antonio-home and https://www.builderonline.com/land/local-markets/kb-home-teams-with-former-minnesota-viking-on-new-home-for-veteran-family_o
 * Add Energy Star to History section
 * In April 2020, KB Home earned its 10th ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award.
 * Sources: https://www.builderonline.com/design/kb-home-emits-its-13th-annual-sustainability-report_o and https://www.mpamag.com/commercial/which-builder-delivers-the-most-energyefficient-homes-195401.aspx
 * Add KB Home Office to History
 * In August 2020, KB Home introduced the KB Home Office, a customizable home office package for working remotely.
 * Sources: https://www.forbes.com/sites/bradhunter/2020/08/05/developing-trend-new-homes-will-include-personalized-home-offices/#37aa8fe312d3 and https://www.reviewjournal.com/homes/new-homes/kb-showcase-google-home-1576547/
 * Add 11K solar homes after SunPower line
 * As of November 2020, KB Home had built 11,000 solar powered homes.
 * Source: https://www.marketwatch.com/press-release/kb-home-marks-significant-milestone-of-over-11000-solar-powered-homes-delivered-2020-11-18
 * Thank you so much! Ckane12345 (talk) 22:05, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi
 * I'll dive in a bit deeper, but at first glance these look OK.
 * Couple quick notes:
 * No trademarks, so I'll remove those
 * EPA isn't a good source for something the EPA did, but the other sources should work.
 * The KB Home Office, Energy Star and Projekt lines are a bit too promotional. I'll rewrite.
 * I just glanced at them, so maybe I need to read more closely, but I don't see anything about KB Home being "the only" home builder to win the award. Unless that's stated explicitly, I'll drop that line.
 * Lastly, these are new edits, so I'll either change the flag or make these a new request, since I closed your previous request. Going through the formal edit request method is best.
 * --FeldBum (talk) 02:59, 11 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Hi


 * Gonna tackle these one-by-one


 * That’s a decently good source and not a press release. No sources with a byline? I’ll take a quick look. If I can’t find anything else, this will work.
 * Looks good. I may rewrite slightly. If the project was done with Builder magazine, I’m not sure I can use them as a source, but the Forbes source is good. I'll add some wiki links too.
 * Similarly, EPA won’t work as a source. The other sources should work, even though they only discuss the upcoming 2020 award. I don’t see anything about KB Home being the only home builder to win the award in those sources, so I’ll need to drop that line.
 * Looks fine
 * Sources look good. I’ll need to remove the trademark symbol. See WP:Trademarks
 * Looks fine
 * That source is just a press release, so it won’t work. Do you have another one?
 * --FeldBum (talk) 01:24, 14 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Ping
 * Finished everything but the 11,000 solar homes. Let me know if you find a source. Otherwise, marking as complete.
 * This history section is getting a bit long, so I'll break into eras, like Early history and 2008-2020. That seems to split in half.
 * --FeldBum (talk) 14:20, 22 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Hello again, thanks for all your help.
 * However you want to break down the History section is OK with me. I'm not what would be best for Wikipedia.
 * I don't have a source for the 11,000 solar homes that isn't a press release, so let's leave that off.
 * On another note, can you add this picture (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jeffrey_T_Mezger_KB_Home_Jared_Allens_Homes_for_Wounded_Warriors.jpg) and an infobox to this page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_T._Mezger). Do I need to make a new request for that? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_T._Mezger
 * Thank you again,
 * Ckane12345 (talk) 20:34, 14 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Made those last changes on this page and on Jeffrey T. Mezger. Ping --FeldBum (talk) 00:42, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks so much for all your help.
 * One last quick edit: Can you add KB Home team at Jared Allen Homes for Wounded Warriors Frame Signing.jpg to the page? (You can make it smaller)
 * Thank you so much again,
 * Ckane12345 (talk) 13:33, 17 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Done . Made it (much) smaller and added the caption from Commons. (Also edited your comment to make it smaller so that the page doesn't overflow. Hope you don't mind me editing your comment.) Since this request is closed, if you have other requests, I'd recommend a new Edit Request entirely. --FeldBum (talk) 13:45, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

COI Edit Request
Hello, I previously requested some edits above and have a few more:

Remove "and was a Fortune 500 company", in the very first paragraph, this is inaccurate. Then the rest are for the 2008-2021 section. 1. "Earlier this year, the company confirmed plans to build homes in California, Nevada, and Arizona to the Environmental Protection Agency’s WaterSense specifications." Source: https://www.ocregister.com/2022/07/20/builder-plans-to-install-epa-rated-water-saving-fixtures-in-every-southwestern-home-it-builds/ 2. Also add "Newsweek recognized KB Home as one of America’s Most Responsible Companies for environmental and social responsibilities". Source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/kb-home-named-one-america-213000498.html 3. Lastly, "KB Home also announced it had established the first all-electric solar and battery-powered microgrid community in California." https://electrek.co/2022/11/02/the-first-electric-solar-and-battery-microgrid-community-in-ca/ Thanks so much! Ckane12345 (talk) 21:10, 1 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Update "The company has since produced this report annually for 13 years, with the latest report released in April 2020" to 15 years and April 2022. Source: https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/kb-home-releases-15th-annual-120000265.html
 * Update "In April 2020, KB Home earned its 10th Energy Star Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award" to 12th Energy Star Partner of the Year. Also update to change the year to 2022. Source: https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/kb-home-earns-12th-energy-201000081.html?guccounter=2
 * Add "KB Home received a record 28 EPA Energy Star Market Leader Awards." after that. Source: https://www.barrons.com/articles/kb-home-sets-new-industry-record-by-earning-an-unprecedented-28-energy-star-market-leader-awards-01659009922?noredirect=y
 * Add the three new sentences below:


 * ✅ hi i've added these with a few changes except for
 * *Add "KB Home received a record 28 EPA Energy Star Market Leader Awards." after that. Source: https://www.barrons.com/articles/kb-home-sets-new-industry-record-by-earning-an-unprecedented-28-energy-star-market-leader-awards-01659009922?noredirect=y the reference no longer exists and i am unable to find one that isn't a press release. Melodies1917 (talk) 18:59, 6 January 2023 (UTC)
 * UPDATE: i havent seen another source, so i'll update this as done. if you find one, just ping me here.Melodies1917 (talk) 22:26, 17 January 2023 (UTC)