[ESIP-AQ] Fwd: EPA Offers up to $80, 000 to Communities to Develop Air Sensor Data Best Practices

[Rudolf Husar]

Smart City AQ.. a nice opportunity... whish it was a few years back. Have
no original ideas here but if someone has a plan, we could offer DataFed
and maybe help on data usage.

Thanks.

Life is still good here in Stomorska. Beyond some mechanical repars, health
is good. BTW, JJ and I are just leaving for Katie Kovacs wedding in STL -
be back on Solta by Tue morning.

Hope life is treating you well .. beyond ESIP. Should chat sometime, huh?

R & J

Rudolf B. Husar, PhD
Emeritus Professor of Energy, Environment and Chemical Engineering
Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130
1 Brookings Drive
rhusar at wustl.edu

On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 5:29 PM, Erin Robinson via ESIP-AQcluster <
esip-aqcluster at lists.esipfed.org> wrote:

> Hi All -
>
> Thought this award might be of interest to some of you on the list.
>
> Best
> Erin
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: EPA Media Relations <noreply-subscriptions at epa.gov>
> Date: Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 9:11 AM
> Subject: EPA Offers up to $80,000 to Communities to Develop Air Sensor
> Data Best Practices
> To: carolbmeyer at esipfed.org
>
>
> *CONTACT:*
> Robert Daguillard *(Media Inquiries Only)*
> daguillard.robert at epa.gov
> (202) 564-6618
>
> smartcityairchallenge at epa.gov *(Public Inquiries Only)*
>
>
> *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:*
> August 30, 2016
>
>
> *EPA Offers up to $80,000 to Communities to Develop Air Sensor Data Best
> Practices*
>
> *By Ann Dunkin, Chief Information Officer, U.S. Environmental Protection
> Agency*
>
> *SMART CITIES AIR CHALLENGE INFORMATION*
>
>    - Application Deadline:                October 28, 2016
>    - Announcement of Winners:        Around December 1, 2016
>    - Initial award:                              Up to $40,000 each to
>    two communities to deploy air sensors, share data with the public, and
>    develop data management best practices from sensors
>    - Additional funding:                    Up to $10,000 each to the
>    winning communities in 2017 based on  their accomplishments and
>    collaboration.
>
> I came to the EPA with a firm belief that data can make a difference in
> environmental protection. Since I’ve been here I’ve found that communities
> are leading the way by using data to understand local conditions and
> operate efficiently. That’s why I’m excited to announce EPA’s Smart City
> Air Challenge.
>
> This new challenge encourages communities to install hundreds of air
> quality sensors and manage the resulting data. EPA is offering two
> communities up to $40,000 each to work with their residents to crowdsource
> air quality data and share it with the public online. The projects will
> give individuals a role in collecting the data and understanding how
> environmental conditions affect their health and their community.
>
> Air quality sensors are becoming less expensive and people are beginning
> to use them to measure pollution levels in their neighborhoods and homes.
> They’re developing rapidly, but most sensors aren’t ready for regulatory
> use. However, by networking these devices, communities can better
> understand what is happening at the local level. Communities will figure
> out where to place the sensors and how to maintain the devices. It’s up to
> each community to decide what pollutants they want to measure.
>
> The prize funds serve as seed money, so communities will need to partner
> with other parties, such as sensor manufacturers, data management companies
> and universities. These partners can provide resources and expertise in
> topics where communities lack experience. In doing so, communities will
> learn how to use data analytics, which can be applied to other aspects of
> community life.
>
> What does EPA get out of this? We’ll learn how communities collect, store
> and manage large amounts of data. We’ll also get a better understanding of
> the quality of data communities collect using sensors for non-regulatory
> purposes. We’ll see how communities transfer data from sensors to databases
> and visualize the results. Finally, the sensors will produce as much as 150
> gigabytes of open data a year —data anyone can use.
>
> EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy often says communities are “incubators for
> innovation.” We’re hoping the challenge will inspire communities to come up
> with innovative approaches for managing data so their residents and other
> communities can benefit. Show us how it’s done.
>
> For more information: http://www.challenge.gov/chall
> enge/smart-city-air-challenge/
>
> For more information: https://blog.epa.gov/blog/2016
> /08/smart-cities-air-challenge
>
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