Resource Type: Tool
AirNow is your one-stop source for air quality data. The website and app highlights air quality in your local area first, while still providing air quality information at state and national views. AirNow’s interactive map even lets you zoom out to get the big picture or drill down to see data for a single air quality monitor. AirNow’s Fire and Smoke map, a collaborative project with the US Forest Service, uses a variety of products including low-cost sensors to provide detailed, up-to-date information that can be critical to users experiencing smoke events.
Reports model-predicted air quality concentrations and health impacts in 13,189 urban areas worldwide
Tool to evaluate changes in emissions from power plants and vehicles resulting from energy policies and programs such as energy efficiency, renewable energy, electric vehicles, and energy storage. The tool can be run online or downloaded as a spreadsheet model. Each has somewhat different functionality.
The Air Toxics Screening Assessment (AirToxScreen) is EPA's screening tool that provides communities with information about health risks from air toxics. AirToxScreen is part of EPA's new approach to air toxics that provides updated data and risk analyses on an annual basis, helping state, local and tribal air agencies, EPA, and the public more easily identify existing and emerging air toxics issues.
Website providing resources about the basics of public engagement benefits, principles, design and other topics to help local and regional agencies successfully involve stakeholders in local public decision making.
R package that provides 1) machine learning to predict air pollution under average weather conditions, 2) a method to quantify the impact of air quality policies on air pollution. It includes functions for data collection and preparation, model building, performance evaluation, and causal impact analysis.
Website providing information on reduction techniques for SO2, NOx, PM, VOC, HM and POP coming from different anthropogenic sources through:
Updated information on best available techniques to reduce emissions, with a focus on technical descriptions and environmental performances, Information on the latest developments on reduction techniques both for general and specific applications, with a focus on technical descriptions and environmental performances, Operating experience and feedback from operators, with a focus on lessons learned in the field and real-life investments and operating costs.
Website providing access to tools and resources related to programs that reduce emissions from trucks and buses in California. Includes information about regulations, zero-emission trucks, and infrastructure.
Website providing access to tools and resources related to Best Available Control Technologies to reduce emissions of criteria pollutants and air toxics.
The Fuel Alternatives and Options guide, provided by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) through its DieselWise Indiana program, is a strategic resource for mayors looking to modernize municipal fleets and reduce the “diesel signature” in their cities.
Specifically, this webpage serves as a technical guide for city planners and fleet managers. It outlines the primary substitutes for traditional petroleum diesel, including Biodiesel, Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), Propane (LPG), Electricity, and Hydrogen. For each fuel type, the resource provides a breakdown of its chemical properties, compatibility with existing engines, environmental benefits, and the infrastructure required to support its adoption.
