Webinars and Training
Trainings:
August 30, 2017 - NAAQS Implementation for Communities
June 27, 2017 - NAAQS 101 for Communities
July 25, 2017 - NAAQS Designations for Communities
May 10, 2017 - ENERGY STAR for Advance Areas. State, tribal and local governments can use ENERGY STAR programs and resources, whether locally as a stand-alone program or as a complement to an existing energy efficiency initiative, or simply to raise awareness about energy efficiency. This webinar highlights these options, and provides information about Portfolio Manager, a tracking tool.
Jan. 25, 2017 - Idle Reduction Resources Learn how your efforts to reduce idling can be supported by the materials and tools available in the recently updated Dept. of Energy Clean Cities IdleBox Toolkit. IdleBox makes it easy to learn about and educate others aobut the benefits of idling reduction, how to implement an idling reduction initiative or campaign, and how to initiate an idling reduction policy or ordinance. A wide range of users can benefit from IdleBox resources, including state, tribal and local government air quality planners; environmental organizations and civic groups committed to improving air quality; and fleets focused on the bottom line.
October 27, 2016 - Green Infrastructure and Air Quality
Learn how green infrastructure can improve air quality, reduce local pollutants and provide other environmental and economic benefits in your community. Green infrastructure uses vegetation, soils, and natural processes to manage stormwater by reducing runoff and increasing filtration and retention of runoff. In addition to managing runoff, green infrastructure can improve community livability, improve air quality, reduce heat island effects, reduce electricity use, increase property values, and create local jobs.
September 15, 2016 - Heat Island Effect and Air Quality
The webinar provides Advance Program participants with an overview of the causes and impacts of heat islands and describes strategies that states, tribes, and local governments can implement to help reduce both the heat island effect and ozone levels, including green roofs, trees, and cool pavements.
August 10, 2016 - Multi-Pollutant, Risk-Based Air Quality Management Analysis for Upstate South Carolina
This webinar features a multi-pollutant, risk-based analysis conducted by EPA and South Carolina with respect to the Upstate South Carolina area. The analysis evaluated a local control strategy targeting ozone and PM2.5, while at the same time reducing air toxics in order to maximize both health benefits and air quality improvements. The webinar provides an overview of the data and steps needed for such an analysis.
Analyses of this kind can help states, tribes, or local areas assess the strategies they could implement at the local level to improve air quality. The results can be used by decisionmakers to effectively direct resources toward air quality improvement strategies that are the most beneficial from a risk perspective. In addition, the results of this project demonstrate that improving air quality in areas already attaining the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) can yield significant health benefits.
March 17, 2016 - Ozone Advance Guidance Updates
Updates to the Ozone Advance guidance are needed in order to reflect the new 2015 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). At the same time, other revisions are warranted in order to refresh outdated information and to clarify various issues that have called for further explanation over the years since the program’s inception in 2012. One substantive change would allow areas that are designated nonattainment for a revoked NAAQS, but that are designated attainment for subsequent NAAQS to join the program. This webinar walks through the revisions and provides an explanation for each one.
Nov. 5, 2015 - Safer, More Efficient Wood Stove Heating and LIHEAP
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) provided information on wood smoke health impacts, wood stove change outs, the importance of dry wood, and HHS funds through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) that can cover the costs of safe and efficient home heating.
October 16, 2014 - Air Quality Planning in Austin, Texas; Sharing Lessons Learned
This webinar highlighted the extensive experience of the Austin, Texas area with early air quality planning, including the area’s current participation in Ozone Advance. It covered how the Austin area set air quality goals, engaged stakeholders, developed an outreach plan, and established an approach for tracking and quantifying the local commitments included in the plan. It also covered the types of local measures that are currently being pursued as part of the area’s efforts to maintain air quality.
June 5, 2014 - Advance Program Update and Louisiana Case Study
The Advance Program is a collaborative effort by EPA, states, tribes, and local governments to encourage emission reductions in ozone and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) attainment areas nationwide to help these areas maintain the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ozone and PM2.5. Many of the areas participating in the Program have completed their initial planning, including compilation of a “path forward,” and have begun implementing their plans and adjusting them as needed. This webinar provides a general update on what has been accomplished to date, as well as next steps. The webinar also highlights the State of Louisiana’s experience with early air quality planning and the Advance Program in six local areas across the State.
November 14, 2013 - PM Advance Measures to Address Mobile Sources
PM Advance is a collaborative effort by EPA, states, tribes, and local governments to encourage emission reductions in fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) attainment areas nationwide to maintain the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for PM 2.5. In many PM Advance areas, mobile sources account for a significant portion of total PM 2.5 emissions The webinar provides an overview of some of the types of programs and projects that PM Advance areas may choose to implement to reduce PM 2.5 emissions from mobile sources. The webinar includes maps and data representing mobile source information in PM Advance areas, and an overview of available PM 2.5 reduction programs, incentives and initiatives for mobile sources.
September 19, 2013 - Reducing Residential Wood Smoke: Is it Worth it? This webinar describes an analysis of whether an on-bill utility burn-ban subsidy program or modifications to a wood stove replacement grant program would significantly reduce fine particle pollution in the Puget Sound area in Washington. The findings are the result of a joint project between the US EPA, the Environmental Finance Center at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill (EFC), and the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency (PSCAA). The project examined the cost benefit of proposed wood smoke reduction programs for the Tacoma-Pierce County PM2.5 nonattainment area. Jen Weiss of the EFC and Kathy Strange of PSCAA presented.
- Presentation materials
- For more information about EPA’s wood smoke programs, please visit www.epa.gov/burnwise
June 25, 2013 - Innovative Strategies and Case Studies to Reduce Residential Wood Smoke.
- Presentation materials
- For more information about EPA’s wood smoke programs, please visit www.epa.gov/burnwise
April 11, 2013 - School Flag Program: Resources and Strategies for Reaching out to Schools.
EPA and the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) presented a joint webinar on the School Flag Program. Over 180 schools participate in the ADEQ school flag program. The webinar provides a quick overview of the school flag program, discusses ADEQ’s experience, and describes the resources EPA has available, including some guidance for schools that want to start a program. The primary audience for this webinar is State, Tribal and local air agency representatives interested in starting and/or expanding a school flag program. For more information on the EPA’s school flag program, please visit www.airnow.gov/schoolflag.
December 19, 2012 - Final 2012 PM National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)
November 29, 2012 - PM Advance
An overview of the draft PM Advance guidance as it stood in November 2012, prior to program rollout. The webinar also describes how areas might benefit from participating, and how timing of PM Advance would relate to the timing of designations for any revised 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS.
October 25, 2012 - Clean Energy Emission Reduction Opportunities and Resources for Ozone Advance Areas
Clean energy strategies such as energy efficiency (EE), renewable energy (RE), and combined heat and power (CHP) are proven and cost-effective strategies that can reduce ozone precursor emissions associated with the production of electricity from fossil-fuel power plants. The webinar provides an overview of types of clean energy policies and programs Ozone Advance areas can consider as part of their Ozone Advance "path forward." The webinar describes steps for getting started, successful examples and EPA resources available to assess clean energy programs and their emission reduction potential.
The primary audience for this webinar is state, tribal and local air agencies that are participating in the Ozone Advance program, as well as agencies that may be considering joining the program.
September 27, 2012 - Reducing Emissions from Mobile Sources in Ozone Advance Areas
September 19, 2012 - The School Flag Program: Protecting Students' Health Through Air Quality Awareness
August 27, 2012 - Incorporating Energy Efficiency / Renewable Energy Policies and Programs Into State Implementation Plans
April 24, 2012 - Introduction and overview of the Ozone Advance program
February 22, 2012 - Introduction and overview of the Ozone Advance program
July 28, 2011 - PM Health Effects from Wood Smoke