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Specific Criteria for Award Categories

Awards Program

Specific criteria used to judge the different award categories are described below. The award cateogories are:

Award Category Award Criteria
Clean Air Technology
  • The technology is commercially viable and can be widely applied.
  • The technology is cost-effective relative to other air pollution control technologies that already exist.
  • The technology is developed at the prototype stage or beyond.
Community Action
  • Diverse stakeholders participate in planning and decision-making efforts aimed at improving air quality.
  • Partnerships among business, industry, government and non-government organizations are established and help to leverage community resources where appropriate.
  • Projects identify and address the community's priority air quality concerns.
  • Project has significantly improved the community quality of life.
Education/Outreach
  • The education/outreach program increases public awareness about the importance of clean air.
  • The education/outreach program improves access to information on clean air issues.
  • The education/outreach program reaches a wide number of stakeholders.
  • Development of the education/outreach program is completed or substantially underway.
Regulatory/Policy Innovations
  • The regulation or policy encourages actions that go beyond compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
  • The regulation or policy provides flexibility to the regulated community.
  • The development process for the regulation or policy has included a stakeholder (e.g., public) involvement component.
  • The regulation or policy has been put into effect.
Transportation Efficiency Innovations
  • The project or program increases the number of available transportation options, and thus is likely to reduce VMT and/or vehicle trips.
  • The project or program improves travel convenience and reduces travel time and costs.
  • Development of the project or program is completed or substantially underway.
Thomas W. Zosel Outstanding Individual Achievement Award
  • The individual has demonstrated leadership, outstanding achievement, and a lasting commitment to promoting clean air and helping to achieve better air quality.
Gregg Cooke Visionary Program Award
  • The project or program demonstrates environmental excellence in more than one of the five general award categories.

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