Dave Everson

Founded by third-generation contractor Dave Everson in 1999, Phoenix-based Mandalay Homes has emerged as one of the country’s top high-performance home builders. Mandalay’s energy-efficient communities are attainable for working-class buyers and built to the standards of the DOE’s Zero Energy Ready program. Mandalay uses basic, applied technologies readily available in the marketplace, pursues builder-friendly certifications, and works with energy raters to consistently tighten the building envelope. The firm’s approach is working: Its sales volume has grown exponentially since the recession, nearly quadrupling to 200 this year from 55 in 2014. It also has been recognized by the DOE with a Housing Innovation Award in 2013, 2014, and 2015 as a top builder paving the way for the rest of the U.S. housing industry to provide zero energy ready homes.

Founded by third-generation contractor Dave Everson in 1999, Phoenix-based Mandalay Homes has emerged as one of the country’s top high-performance home builders. Mandalay’s energy-efficient communities are attainable for working-class buyers and built to the standards of the DOE’s Zero Energy Ready program. Mandalay uses basic, applied technologies readily available in the marketplace, pursues builder-friendly certifications, and works with energy raters to consistently tighten the building envelope. The firm’s approach is working: Its sales volume has grown exponentially since the recession, nearly quadrupling to 200 this year from 55 in 2014. It also has been recognized by the DOE with a Housing Innovation Award in 2013, 2014, and 2015 as a top builder paving the way for the rest of the U.S. housing industry to provide zero energy ready homes.