The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is inviting manufacturers, retailers, service providers, agricultural businesses, and other small businesses to apply for a Small Business Advantage Grant to finance energy efficiency and pollution prevention projects.

Lime Energy Co., a provider of energy efficiency services to utilities and their commercial customers, announced that it is moving its corporate headquarters from Huntersville, North Carolina, to Newark, New Jersey.

Gov. Tom Wolf of Pennsylvania announced that nearly 140 businesses across the state will soon install energy-efficiency or pollution-prevention projects using Small Business Advantage Grants provided by the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). This year, DEP awarded more than $980,000 to 139 small businesses.

A local Bryant dealer recently honored Montgomery County community service organization Rebuilding Together with the Bryant True Heroes award for its years of outstanding service.

Airco Home Comfort Services, an HVAC contractor based just outside of Boston, announced it has expanded its offerings to include a full slate of plumbing services for local homeowners.

IKEA has officially plugged-in an expanded solar energy array atop its Boston-area store that opened nine years ago in Stoughton, Massachusetts. The 51,516-square-foot solar panel addition consists of a 318-kW system built with 1,248 panels, and will produce 385,900 kWh more electricity annually for the store.

Carrier Commercial Sales has announced that it is now represented by the H. C. Nye Co. for the central Pennsylvania and northeastern Pennsylvania territories. The agreement will allow both companies to enhance their strategic business positions within this region.

Go Green Global Technologies Corp., a water and fuel technology company, has announced that McKenney Mechanical has signed a national distribution contract to market and sell its Sonical™ products to commercial, industrial and municipal customers.

Leading Philadelphia-area mechanical construction and energy services firm Burns Mechanical has announced the appointment of Rob Komorowski as senior service account manager. Komorowski brings nearly two decades of experience in the HVAC and energy services industry.

To minimize reliance on fossil fuels and reduce carbon emissions, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, conducted extensive research into biomass fuel technology. After looking at almost two dozen plants, the county purchased a Hurst biomass boiler district heating system with a backpressure steam turbine/generator.