Renovate America Honors Padres with Energy HERO Award

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --

Officials from San Diego-based Renovate America announced today that they are awarding the San Diego Padres with the first-ever "Energy HERO" Award, in recognition of the organization's outstanding leadership and innovation to conserve resources and protect the environment.The Padres have made significant investments to improve water and energy efficiency at PETCO Park as part of a suite of efforts that comprise the team's Go Green Initiative. The team has also maximized recycling opportunities for fans, vendors and staff and taken advantage of the latest technologies aimed at limiting water and energy waste."Sustainability is a team effort: Everyone has a part to play when it comes to reducing our region's demand for water and energy, and the Padres are leading by example," said JP McNeill, Founder and CEO of Renovate America.Renovate America provides financing for home energy- and water-efficiency retrofits as well as renewable energy projects like home solar systems. The company's flagship HERO Program allows property owners to pay for efficiency-oriented improvements over time through their property taxes."By slashing overall energy usage in PETCO Park by 40 percent and by conserving hundreds of thousands of gallons of water a year, the Padres are showing fans that commitment to sustainability starts at home," McNeill said. "At Renovate America, we share this ideal: our HERO Program is on track to save San Diegans nearly half a billion dollars on their future utility bills, not to mention reducing their future residential water usage by more than a billion gallons."Padres Vice President of Ballpark Operations and General Manager of PETCO Park Mark Guglielmo said the team was proud and honored to accept the first-ever Energy HERO award from Renovate America."A commitment to energy and water conservation, as well as to the implementation of sustainable practices across PETCO Park, are a priority for our organization," Guglielmo said. "We are proud to partner with local companies like Renovate America that share our commitment to being leaders in this realm."Read the full press release here.