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Fenceline Community Air Quality Monitoring Program 2024-2026
Fenceline Community Air Quality Monitoring Program 2024-2026
BluePrint Geneva was awarded a grant from the NYS DEC to conduct air quality monitoring in "fenceline communities" (neighborhoods adjacent to known emitters of air pollutants). While this project does not determine point source pollution (i.e. the origin point of various air pollutants), the project has the following four objectives:
Monitor air pollutants (particulate matter and various volatile organic compounds) in state-designated "disadvantaged communities."
Create a public-facing data dashboard to promote air quality awareness in the Finger Lakes where national and state air quality programs do not currently offer full coverage.
Engage residents in a review and analysis of collected data to identity potential "hot spots" or potential health impacts of exposure to air pollution and toxics.
Research low-cost air sensor technologies to improve access to reliable and quality data for any EJ community who seeks it. This includes low frequence radio sensor technology to improve field testing where wifi and cellular networks are lacking.
Community Engagement Collaborative*
Community Engagement Collaborative*
BluePrint's Fenceline Community Air Quality Monitoring Program engages residents who live within the target areas to review, discuss, and direct the work. This project is undertaken with, for, and by the community. The Community Engagement Collaborative is led by Allauna Overstreet-Gibson, a local leader who is not an employee of BluePrint Geneva. Ms. Overstreet-Gibson's expertise in community engagement and justice-informed dialogue directs the effort and is supported by BluePrint's Director of Environmental Justice Programs. The collaborative will issue an annual report on its work to date and is recommendations for research adjustments each December, beginning with Year 1 (2024). That report will be publicly available here.
RISE Communities Project
RISE Communities Project
BluePrint Geneva is a member of the 2024 class of Research Innovations using Sensor Technology in Environmental Justice Communities (RISE Communities). This program aids community-academic research teams by using low-cost sensors in EJ communities. Geneva's community partnership (BluePrint, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, and Cornell University) is deploying a series of Purple Air particulate matter sensors throughout the city. The Purple Air sensors provide real time monitoring and display data publicly.
Data Analytics Bootcamp
Data Analytics Bootcamp
Under the direction of Professor Nan Arens and Robert Beutner of Hobart and William Smith College, an annual summer Data Analytics bootcamp is held on campus for undergraduate and Geneva High School students. The camp focuses on building a dashboard for public display of air quality data from a variety of sources. Started in 2024 and continuing for three years, it will provide a public repository of air quality data and eventual heat mapping of air pollution concentration.
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