1. Creating Clean Air Initiatives
CLEAN AIR ACTION
CHALLENGE
2019
Creating Clean Air Initiatives

2. Nonattainment for 8 hour ozone standard
Air quality in nonattainment areas are worse than the National Ambient Air Quality Standards as defined by the Clean Air Act.
10 Counties in DFW

3. Ozone Forms when emissions combine with sunlight and intense heat.
High ozone can cause health problems.
Coughing
Throat irritation
Pain, burning or discomfort
Chest tightening
Shortness of breath

4. The Clean Air Action Challenge
The City of Grand Prairie is challenging your company to compete against other companies to take action to reduce air pollution.

5. The rules
At least 60% of your employees must take the Clean Air Action Pledge at
Create or adopt new creative clean air initiatives to encourage employee participation.

6. Already have initiatives?
You may include any currently ongoing initiatives. Create a separate lists for items you are already doing versus what you did specifically for the challenge.

7. Company, Email, and Zip Code
The pledge
Ensure that pledges count towards your totals.
Your employees must write your company name in the provided box.
The City will receive pledge totals from Air North Texas.
Company, , and Zip Code

8. The application Fill out an application.
Include your company name, number of employees, and contact information.

9. Ideas for initiatives
Go to the Air North Texas website for some general ideas.
Check out Energy Star’s Bring Your Green to Work

10. Bring your green to work
“Employee education kit”
Poster & flyers
Quizzes
Interactive cubicles

11. Try the City website

12. Employee education
Create a PowerPoint that could be presented at department staff meetings.
Or use ours!

13. Send facts and ideas
Send daily or weekly s with clean air facts or clean air ideas for employees.
These s could be used to coordinate company-wide actions of the day.

14. Office initiatives Create a carpool parking spot
Adopt an unplug policy
Send energy IQ quizzes

15. Prize Patrols Try Prize Patrols to reach your employees
“In-your-face” employee education
Allows for more explanation

16. Be creative
Challenge your employees to HAVE FUN
Try a photo contest

17. Art challenge? It’s okay to be silly
Create challenges for your departments to compete with one another

18. The deadline
Submit entries and application to by June 21, 2019.

19. Awards
The City will recognize and award the top companies that make the most clean air decisions based on company.

20. 2019 Winners
Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control. 

21. Questions? For more information contact Diana Hernandez