Mikita Home Improvement Receives 2014 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award

Mikita earns highest ENERGY STAR award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for protecting the environment through superior energy efficiency. Award winners are selected from the 16,000 organizations that participate in the program.
Freeport, NEW YORK, April 3, 2014 – Mikita Home Improvement today announced through its manufacturer Provia that it has received a 2014 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The award recognizes ProVia, in partnership with Mikita Home Improvement for their continued leadership in protecting our environment through superior energy efficiency. Award winners are selected from the 16,000 organizations that participate in the ENERGY STAR program. ProVia’s accomplishments will be recognized in Washington, D.C. on April 29, 2014.
“Mikita is honored to distributive Provia's products that won this award,” says Mikita's President Michael Nocella. “We are committed to our partnership with ENERGY STAR, and dedicated to increasing energy efficiency in our exterior building products, which helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect the environment.”
“ProVia has earned EPA’s highest ENERGY STAR award – the 2014 Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award – because of their unwavering commitment to helping consumers become increasingly more energy efficient,” says EPA Deputy Administrator Bob Perciasepe.
The 2014 Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Awards are given to a variety of organizations to recognize their contributions to reducing greenhouse gas emissions through superior energy efficiency. These winners have reduced greenhouse gas emissions by setting and achieving aggressive goals, and employing innovative energy efficiency approaches. These
awards recognize ongoing leadership across the ENERGY STAR program, including energy-efficient products, services, new homes, and buildings in the commercial, industrial, and public sectors.
For more information about ProVia’s energy-efficient products and their partnership with Mikita Home Improvement and partnership with the ENERGY STAR program, visit Mikita Home Improvement

About Mikita Home Improvement
Headquartered in Freeport, New York, Mikita is a leading provider of professional-class entry doors, storm doors, patio doors, windows, vinyl siding manufactured stone and roofing.. The professional-class designation reflects the company’s high level of quality, service and customization. ProVia has been an ENERGY STAR® Partner with the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy since 2002, and has won the prestigious ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year award for Door Manufacturing four times, and the ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence award four times. Needless to say we are proud to offer these products to our customers.
About ENERGY STAR
ENERGY STAR was introduced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 1992 as a voluntary market-based partnership to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through increased energy efficiency. Today, ENERGY STAR offers businesses and consumers energy-efficient solutions to save energy, money, and help protect the environment for future generations. 16,000 organizations are ENERGY STAR partners committed to improving the energy efficiency of products, homes, and buildings. For more information about ENERGY STAR, visit www.energystar.gov or call toll-free 1-888-STAR-YES (1-888-782-7937).