Meritage Homes, Scottsdale (NYSE:MTH) on Thursday collected its fifth annual U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2017 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award, the seventh year that Meritage Homes has been recognized as a leader in the EPA’s ENERGY STAR for Homes Program .
“This award reaffirms Meritage’s commitment to energy-efficient home building, which results in healthier, safer, quieter and more comfortable homes, while also reducing utility bills,” said C.R. Herro, vp of environmental affairs for Meritage. “Our team continues to lead by advocating for improved residential building standards that promote energy efficiency. We remain dedicated to implementing innovative solutions that maximize efficiency and deliver cost savings to our homeowners.”
Meritage Homes, an ENERGY STAR partner since 2001, builds homes that exceed the ENERGY STAR program requirements for energy efficiency and deliver long- and short-term savings to its homeowners.
Meritage Homes set and achieved severalsustainability goals last year, including:
- Delivering 7,138 ENERGY STAR certified homes in 2016, which are estimated to save more than 61 million kWh of electricity, eliminate over 93 million pounds of CO2, and reduce homeowner utility bills by an estimated $7.3 million annually.
- Achieving an average Home Energy Rating System (HERS) Index Score of 58 for all homes rated in 2016.
- Advocating for better building practices and improving trade awareness by infusing ENERGY STAR messaging in all marketing, sales training, and advocacy to the industry and municipalities.
- Building cost-effective Zero Energy homes at a community scale, and developing utility best practices to serve full-scale zero energy communities in the future.
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Leading the Charge C.R. Herro, Meritage Homes’ vice president of environmental affairs, has been instrumental in guiding his company toward energy-efficient construction that aims at extending the life of the home.
“Through their continued collaboration with ENERGY STAR, Meritage Homes delivers innovative energy efficiency solutions to help Americans save money, save energy and reduce emissions,” said Dean Gamble, Technical Manager for the ENERGY STAR Certified Homes program. “I applaud Meritage Homes for repeatedly earning the EPA’s highest ENERGY STAR award, the 2017 Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award, demonstrating a strong commitment to educating its employees, industry stakeholders, and the public about the value of energy-efficient construction.”
In 2015 alone, ENERGY STAR and its partners saved American businesses and consumers 503 billion kilowatt hours and $34 billion dollars on their energy bills, while achieving broad emission reductions.
