Fox Energy Specialists earns award for verifying energy efficiency in new homes, helping to save both the environment and utility bills. FORT WORTH, Texas, March 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Fox Energy Specialists, a division of The Nelrod Company, is pleased to announce that it was recently recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with a 2010 ENERGY STAR Leadership in Housing Award. This award recognizes the important contribution Fox Energy Specialists made to energy-efficient construction and environmental protection by verifying more than 2800 ENERGY STAR qualified homes last year. Collectively, these homes will save our customers approximately $1,261,434 on utility bills each year. More than one million ENERGY STAR homes have been built in the United States since the program first began labeling homes in 1995. Thanks to the dedication of our partners, families living in ENERGY STAR qualified homes will save more than $270 million this year on their utility bills, while avoiding greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those from 370,000 vehicles.
