Advance Program
The Advance Program supports states, tribes and local governments that want to take proactive steps to keep their air clean by promoting local actions to reduce ozone and/or fine particle pollution.
Basic Information
Participation
Funding & Recognition
- EPA Air Quality Flag Program Spring Challenge - participants recruit organizations to start new flag programs during May 2019; contact payne.melissa@epa.gov for more information.
- Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Seaport and Rail Yard Areas Emissions Reduction Program - deadline May 29, 2019.
- Degree and Blue Zones Made to Move Community Grant Program - deadline May 31, 2019.
- American Heart Assn. and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Voices for Healthy Kids Initiative - deadline June 7, 2019.
- Dept. of Agriculture Local Food Promotion Program - deadline June 18, 2019.
- Dept. of Energy Advanced Vehicle Technologies Research Funding DE-FOA-0002014 - deadline June 19, 2019.
- Texas State Energy Conservation Office, Texas LoanSTAR Revolving Loan Program - deadline August 30, 2019.
- Grants 101 Tutorial
Resources
- National Emissions Inventory - online, interactive report displaying the latest NEI data
- Supplemental Information for Ozone Advance Areas Based On Pre-Existing National Modeling Analyses
- Exit
- Dept. of Energy Better Buildings ChallengeExit
Training & Education
- EPA ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager Ask the Expert Sessions, May 29, June 12, June 26, July 10, July 24, 2019 12pm ET
- Trinity College (Dublin) and Cornell University Webinar The Role of Green Infrastructure in Air Pollution Abatement, May 30, 2019 11-12:30pm ET
- EPA ENERGY STAR Porfolio Manager 101, 201, and 301-level Training Webinars, June 5 (101) 12pm ET, June 18 (201) 1pm ET, June 27 (302) 12pm ET, July 2 (101) 1pm ET, July 16 (201) 1pm ET, July 23, 2019 (301) 1pm ET
- EPA SmartWay Program Webinar Freight Matters! Creating Sustainability at Airports, June 5, 2019 2-3pm ET
- EPA Webinar ENERGY STAR and Green Building Rating Systems, July 11, 2019 1-2pm ET
- EPA Workshop Air Sensors 2019: Deliberating Performance Targets for Air Quality Sensors, Durham, NC July 16, 2019
- EPA SmartWay Program
- EPA Heat Island Program
- EPA BurnWise Program
- EPA Air Sensor Toolbox
- EPA Air Quality Flag Program