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Jacob Atalla
Vice President - KB Home
Professional Bio
Jacob Atalla is Vice President of Innovation and Sustainability at KB Home, where he works across the enterprise to deliver leading sustainability programs and initiatives, including building homes that can promote the health of their residents as well as the environment.
Educated as an architect, Jacob has over 35 years’ experience with technology and green building. He draws on this deep expertise to develop forward-looking ESG initiatives, and to lead the preparation of KB Home’s annual sustainability report. KB Home is in Newsweek’s list of America’s Most Responsible Companies for 2021, 2022 & 2023.
Jacob progressively developed a deep and dynamic portfolio of programs and initiatives that yielded the most ENERGY STAR certified and WaterSense® labeled homes in the nation.
Jacob serves on the board of directors for Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET®). Working with RESNET® and other organizations, Jacob helped in the development of ANSI/RESNET/ICC 850-2020 Standard for the calculation and labeling of the water use performance of homes, using the Water Rating Index.
Educated as an architect, Jacob has over 35 years’ experience with technology and green building. He draws on this deep expertise to develop forward-looking ESG initiatives, and to lead the preparation of KB Home’s annual sustainability report. KB Home is in Newsweek’s list of America’s Most Responsible Companies for 2021, 2022 & 2023.
Jacob progressively developed a deep and dynamic portfolio of programs and initiatives that yielded the most ENERGY STAR certified and WaterSense® labeled homes in the nation.
Jacob serves on the board of directors for Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET®). Working with RESNET® and other organizations, Jacob helped in the development of ANSI/RESNET/ICC 850-2020 Standard for the calculation and labeling of the water use performance of homes, using the Water Rating Index.