KB Home Los Angeles, California

Jacob Atalla is Vice President of Innovation and Sustainability at KB Home, where he leads KB Home’s initiatives to make every home it builds more environmentally friendly and smart. Educated as an architect, Jacob has over 35 years’ experience with technology and green building. He draws on this deep expertise to create innovative solutions for building homes that can promote the health of their residents as well as the environment. Jacob worked on the 2019 KB Home ProjeKt, a sustainable smart concept home for today, tomorrow and the future. The learnings from this concept home guided KB Home in introducing new smart and healthy home technologies for its production homes. KB Home has earned the highest honors a homebuilder can receive from EPA, as well as awards from U.S. Department of Energy and NGOs. Jacob serves on the board of directors for Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET). He also serves on the technical committee for Leading Builders of America, and the advisory board of Florida Solar Energy Center.