Palm Harbor Homes Honored at BASF Builders Challenge Awards Ceremony

Palm Harbor Homes, Inc. (NASDAQ: PHHM) today announced that it received a certificate of recognition at the first BASF Builders Challenge Awards ceremony during the 2009 International Builders Show in Las Vegas, NV. The certificate was presented to Mike Draper, Florida Division President, by Ed Pollock, Building Residential Team Leader, Building Technologies Program and U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Builders Challenge program for completion of two homes on the DOE’s EnergySmart Scale (E-Scale) in 2008.

"We are pleased to be recognized by DOE for our participation in this important program,” said Mike Draper. "We have always pushed the envelope in energy efficient home building and are proud to be part of the Builders Challenge.”

BASF launched the Builders Challenge Awards this year to honor builders who achieve significant benchmarks under the DOE Builders Challenge, a voluntary, national energy savings program calling for the nation’s homebuilding industry to build 220,000 high performance energy efficient homes by 2012. The program uses a national metric called an E-Scale to measure a home’s efficiency that enables homeowners to better understand energy efficiency and make smart decisions when purchasing homes.

"This certificate is recognition of Palm Harbor’s outstanding leadership and commitment to green building,” said Ed Pollock, DOE Builders Challenge program lead.

The DOE announced the initiative at last year’s IBS and to date, DOE has qualified over 865 homes across the nation as part of the Builders Challenge. By 2020, DOE’s Building America program will have completed research to enable Americans to purchase cost-effective Net Zero Energy Homes. The 1.3 million homes built to the Builders Challenge between now and then, will save Americans an estimated $1.7 billion in energy costs while also providing homes built with best practices for durability and comfort.

Palm Harbor Homes is one of the nation’s leading manufacturers and marketers of multi-section manufactured homes. The Company markets nationwide through vertically integrated operations, encompassing manufacturing, marketing, financing and insurance. For more information on the Company, please visit www.palmharbor.com.