Rob Meyers, South Mountain Company’s manager of energy services, recently attended the Solar Energy Industries Association’s PV [photovoltaic] America conference in Philadelphia, the heart of the largest solar market in the U.S. In fact, Mr. Meyers said in a statement, more solar was installed from Boston to Washington D.C. last year than in the entire state of California.

Mr. Meyers was one of the 3,000 industry professionals learning about the most advanced solar technology available today.

Leadership Award

Owners and managers from South Mountain Co. of West Tisbury recently joined some 3,000 architects, builders and energy practitioners from around the Northeast for the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association’s annual conference in Boston.

Company president John Abrams was a keynote speaker and led a workshop at the conference, and director of engineering Marc Rosenbaum received the association’s professional leadership award, becoming only the third winner of the prestigious award.

Positive Impact

South Mountain Company, an employee-owned architecture, building, and renewable energy firm in West Tisbury, has been recognized in the first nationwide “Best for the World” and “Best for Workers” lists as one of the businesses creating the most positive worker impact. South Mountain and the other businesses on the lists earned the highest scores among more than 500 Certified “B Corporations” nationwide.