A New Community Resource
The Bay Air Center is a Bay Area Air District (Air District)-sponsored community resource that provides technical guidance, materials, and training to Bay Area community members and organizations, free of charge, to support their efforts to understand and improve air quality.
The Center is staffed by people with deep experience in the fields of air quality and community engagement from Kearns & West, TD Environmental, Trinity Consulting, and InterEthnica.
The Bay Air Center supports community groups across the Bay Area with air quality education and air monitoring. The map below highlights the communities and projects the Center has supported, along with the types of services provided. It also identifies “Overburdened Community” areas in the Bay Area, illustrating the Center’s commitment to serving communities that experience disproportionate environmental impacts.
The Bay Area Air District’s “Overburdened Community” designation is based on CalEnviroScreen 4.0 and identifies areas with CalEnviroScreen scores above the 70th percentile. Many of the communities supported by the Bay Air Center are located in areas within the top 30% of CalEnviroScreen 4.0 scores in California.
Bay Air Center Community Projects
New!
EPA Webinar Series on Air Monitoring and Data Analysis
Two new EPA webinar series are now available: Air Sensors Data Analysis Training and Community Air Monitoring Fundamentals. These series offer practical insights into air quality data collection and interpretation for community-based monitoring efforts.
Air Sensor Data Set
An extensive Bay Air Center resource for local air sensor data, spanning the nine counties covered by the Bay Area Air District. The Air Sensor Dataset (ASDS) currently contains 8 years of quality-controlled fine particulate matter (PM2.5) data from 2018 to the end of 2025 for almost 5,500 outdoor PurpleAir (PA) sensors.
Refinery Community Workgroup for the Particle Fallout Sampling Program
The Air District is pleased to announce that it is launching a community workgroup to inform development and implementation of its new Particle Fallout Sampling Program for refinery communities.
2024 Annual Report
In 2024, the BAC advanced air quality efforts, expanded access to reliable data, promoted practical pollution solutions, and deepened community partnerships across the Bay Area. This report highlights major achievements, key milestones, and strategic insights from the past year, and outlines priorities for 2025.
Testimonials
Read what others are saying about Bay Air Center
Cesar Nevarro, Latinos United for a New America
The Bay Air Center is full of beautiful nerds who have led us to be more conscious about the gravity of air pollution in our…
Violet Saena, Founder & Executive Director, Climate Resilient Communities
Having clean air is an essential human right but in our communities that have been redlined and historically marginalized, people are denied that right. Bringing…
Ben Gomberg, Division Director, Community Libraries
I think the content will be valuable for us in the years to come, as something we can bring out around spare the air days…
The Brightline Team
The Sensor Verification System has supported the expansion of the air quality monitoring capacity for Brightline’s community-based network!
Valerie Ziegler
Abraham Lincoln High School
Our school community has been provided valuable data about our air quality, hands-on experiences with measurement tools, and helpful guidance as a result of our…
Anthony Strawa
Sustainable Silicon Valley (SSV)
We were very satisfied with Bay Air Center’s support. The advent of low-cost sensors means more communities will want to take measurements upon themselves. The…
Ken Szutu
Citizen Air Monitoring Network – Vallejo (VCAMN)
Bay Air Center worked with Citizen Air Monitoring Network in retrieving air quality data from our Internet server. It saved us a lot of time…