Working together for clean air
A new resource for communities conducting air monitoring.
The Air District recognizes that shared leadership – where community members, local organizations, local governments, and the Air District work together to achieve better outcomes – is an effective and appropriate approach for reducing exposure to air pollution in neighborhoods most impacted by poor air quality. This approach has been a natural evolution of the many partnerships the Air District has created with communities in the Bay Area, and it is embodied in the District’s approach to implementing Assembly Bill 617. The Air District also recognizes the need for strong technical partnerships that are designed to provide support for community–based organizations to conduct air monitoring and participate in the AB 617 process.
Shared leadership centers community perspective and knowledge, and it provides for unique community–led solutions to reduce air pollution. It also requires equitable access to information and tools so that communities can respond to issues that matter to them in culturally relevant and appropriate ways. The Bay Air Center was designed to address this need.
The Bay Air Center is working with community members and organizations to provide technical support for community–led air monitoring projects and increase access to information, tools, and knowledge about air quality in general. The Bay Air Center is a resource for technical knowledge, informational resources, and personalized training and assistance. Communities can use the Bay Air Center to explore air quality and the factors that influence it, understand the health impacts of changes in air quality, and get technical help with a range of services.
The Bay Air Center is guided by the following principles
- Empower the community with knowledge, guidance, and resources.
- Provide technically and scientifically sound support.
- Respond quickly to inquiries and information requests.
- Partner with the Bay Area community to ensure the Center provides valued services.
- Operate efficiently and adapt to changing needs.
- Promote knowledge sharing across community groups.
- Track new technologies and methods and share this knowledge with the community.
Meet the BAC Team
Kearns & West
Kearns & West is a small business based in the San Francisco Bay Area that specializes in community engagement and outreach. Kearns & West consults with local, state, and federal agencies on a broad range of public policy issues, such as air quality, equity, land use, and transportation, to identify community–supported solutions and build consensus.
TD Environmental
TD Environmental are specialists in collecting and analyzing air quality data to provide insights into the air we breathe. With decades of experience, they have monitored and developed tools to interpret air quality and weather data in the Bay Area and throughout the world. TD Environmental Services is a widely recognized thought leader in air sensors for environmental applications.
T&B Systems
T&B Systems has a breadth of experience in the field of air quality and meteorological monitoring and analysis. T&B focuses on air pollution and atmospheric dispersion studies throughout the United States and has been extensively involved in nearly every major air-quality research program in California since 1986s.
InterEthnica
InterEthnica has created marketing and public engagement campaigns designed to reach diverse populations throughout the San Francisco Bay Area since 2004. Their goal is to help government agencies effectively reach, clearly inform, actively engage, and encourage diverse communities to take action.