Denver Love My Air
Description
Founded in 2018, through the Bloomberg Mayors Challenge, the city of Denver created Love My Air. Love My Air is a citywide monitoring network to provide real-time air quality data utilizing cutting-edge air pollution technology. Through collaboration with many community organizations and partners, Love My Air provides workshops, trainings, and outreach connecting health to air quality.
Questions this resource can help answer
This tool is built for immediate, actionable health decisions rather than long-term scientific research. For example: "Is it safe for my child with asthma to play outside right now?"
How do I use this resource?
The Denver Love My Air resource is designed to be as simple to use as a weather app, specifically focusing on "hyper-local" protection for students and sensitive residents.
Because the sensors are located directly on school grounds, the data provides a more accurate picture of what a child is breathing during recess than a regional monitor miles away.
Resource information
Technical specifications
Unlike traditional top-down regulatory systems, this program was designed specifically to integrate low-cost sensor technology with community-led health initiatives, funded by the 2018 Bloomberg Philanthropies Mayors Challenge
