Resource Type: Tool
EPA’s Human Exposure Model (HEM) is a probabilistic exposure assessment tool used to estimate how people are exposed to contaminants (often air pollutants, but not limited to them) through different pathways and microenvironments. It is designed to support human health risk assessments by translating environmental concentrations into population exposure distributions for specific pollutants, locations, and demographic groups. HEM uses information on contaminant levels, population characteristics, and time–activity patterns to produce quantitative estimates of average and high-end exposures suitable for regulatory analyses and comparative policy evaluations.
Main site for Google air quality products, including hyper local mapping, forecasts, history, and heatmaps. Requires an account and product purchase.
Mapping tool providing information on overburdened communities in New Jersey, as well as information on environmental and public health stressors, and locations of emitting facilities, along with information about violations and incidents.
Mapping tool providing locations of facilities with air permits in NJ, along with information on air quality, weather, wind speed and direction, and overburdened communities.
Web tool providing information on neighborhood built environment, asthma, climate, housing, and outdoor air, intended to show how environments affect health.
Website for the Oregon DEQ Community Air Action Planning program, which aims to begin improving local air quality in historically overburdened areas through a collaborative process of community-led action.
The Toolkit for Municipal Extreme Heat & Air Quality Response Planning in Connecticut is a set of resources designed for municipal public health departments that are committed to climate change preparedness and resilience, with a specific focus on extreme heat and poor air quality stemming from ozone and PM2.5 levels.
Drawing from nearly 20 extreme heat and/or air quality response plans across the U.S., the toolkit includes a template for local heat and air quality preparedness and response plans, highlights innovative strategies from municipalities in California, Maine, Connecticut, and Colorado, and provides shareable resources that can be adapted by local stakeholders.
Toolkit intended for communities to build capacity to participate in air quality planning and advocacy. Tools and resources in the toolkit serve several purposes including engagement, information, planning, activism, and scaling solutions.
Utah website to access funding opportunities for air quality projects. Provides a good example of how to set up a resource that can be used by individuals, companies, or local governments to access information about grants, rebates, tax credits, and financing for local projects.
Repository for the Simple Interactive Models for better air quality set of tools. These tools demonstrate fundamental equations to calculate, visualize, and interpret air emissions and pollution. The tools are intended to make links between emissions, pollution dispersion, impacts, and potential solutions more accessible to a wider set of stakeholders. The tools include models as well as primers on different air quality topics.
