Air Quality Collaborative — Bay Area

Air quality monitoring is essential for developing effective policies and initiatives for improving air quality and protecting communities from unhealthy air. Without considering a range of perspectives and first-hand experiences, it is impossible to accurately understand the Bay Area air quality landscape. By bringing together community engagement, technology, and regulation and policy, Air Quality Collaborative — Bay Area (AQCBA) is bringing the voices of frontline communities to the table to build a robust air monitoring network that aligns real-time data with local knowledge base.

Community Engagement Team

Facilitates regional needs assessment workshops
Hosts in-person knowledge-building activities with leaders from participating Bay Area communities: San Bruno frontline communities, Community Promotoras of South San Francisco, Central City Single Room Occupancy Collaborative, San Francisco’s La Voz Latina, and Oakland Unified School District
Maintains ongoing communication with community leaders
Collaborates with the Technology and Regulation and Policy teams on air monitor siting strategy, and when developing technical aspects of the training curricula

Technology Team

Provides air monitoring technology and associated digital interfacing
Provides expertise to community engagement team throughout the air monitor deployment and network maintenance process
Assist in the integration of air monitoring networks into a centralized network platform
Incorporate input from community engagement team to determine air quality monitor deployment site feasibility

Regulation and Policy Team

Provides regulatory and policy guidance throughout the process of establishing the air sensor network
Offers subject matter expertise to community engagement team for regulation and policy modules of trainings
Correlates, analyzes, and summarizes major findings of air monitoring data once the network has collected substantial on-going data