Twenty-six Southwestern Pennsylvania small businesses have received state grants to help them cut energy waste and expenses.

The grants — including 14 in Allegheny County and nine in Westmoreland — were part of nearly $1 million in funding awarded Wednesday by the state Department of Environmental Protection through its Small Business Advantage Grant program.

To qualify, businesses had to have fewer than 100 employees and had to reduce their energy consumption or waste by 25% or more.

Projects included installing energy saving LED lighting, switching from traditional chemical based X-ray equipment to waste-free digital equipment, replacing inefficient heating systems with high-efficiency boilers and HVAC systems, installing equipment to eliminate idling for long distance trucks and installing more environmentally friendly dry cleaning machinery.

“This funding helps small businesses cut their expenses, assist in reducing or eliminating their environmental impact, and allow them to be more competitive in local, regional and international markets,” DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell said. “In addition, many of these projects have short payback periods for the small business owners, making the financial decision quite simple to move forward with them.”

DEP helped fund 201 projects statewide, leveraging nearly $3.4 million in matching private investment from the recipients to complete their projects. The range of savings per business was between $522 to more than $66,000 per year, with the average annual savings per business being $4,906, DEP said.

Local recipients, with the amount of the grant followed by private investment money, are as follows:

ALLEGHENY

200 Deer Run Road — LED lighting, $3,043/$7,699 Back to Life Chiro — Medical X-ray, $5,000/$17,683 Bon Tool Co. — LED lighting, $4,846/$15,019 City of Bridges Chiropractic — Medical X-ray, $5,000/$19,379 Pirollo Chiropractic — Medical X-ray, $5,000/$19,379 Movin’ On Up Laundry Services — Commercial ironer, $7,000/$14,659 One Monroeville Center Association — LED lighting, $2,971/$6,058 Penn Garden Day Care Center — LED lighting, $2,182/$2,183 Perpetual Enterprises — LED lighting, $3,998/$6,698 Radstage — LED lighting, $6,07/$9,711 Robert J. Graham Chiropractic — Medical X-ray, $5,000/$19,474 Thorn Run Chiropractic Center — Medical X-ray, $5,000/$18,900 Ton Pottery Inc. — Pottery kiln, $2,917/$3,830 Treskor Partners — LED lighting, $3,465/$15,453

FAYETTE

Ice Garden — Evaporator, $7,000/$39,980 Sew Special — LED lighting, $2,150/$2,158

WASHINGTON

Keystone Family Chiropractic — Medical X-ray, $5,000/$9,800

WESTMORELAND

eLoop — LED lighting, $6,269/$21,993 Morris Knowles & Associates — LED lighting, $2,103/$3,780 Bompiani Chiropractic Clinic— Medical X-ray, $5,000/$20,364 Festa Chiropractic — Medical X-ray, $5,000/$19,379 Omni Fab — LED lighting, $6,687/$10,931 Quality Mould — HVAC, $7,000/$86,300 Specialty Seal Group — LED lighting, $6,200/$12,566 McCune Auto Repair — LED lighting, $2,010/$2,826 Valero Service — LED lighting, $1,894/$4,360

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