Employers Helping Central Texans Breathe Easier

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Employers Helping Central Texans Breathe Easier
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The Problem Hot summer sun and man-made
emissions create harmful ground level ozone
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Ozone-forming Emissions Sources
On Road Vehicles
Cars, Trucks, Buses, Motorcycles
Non-road Vehicles
Construction Equipment, Trains, Forklifts
Point Sources
Factories, Power Plants
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Ozone-forming Emissions Sources
Area Sources
Refueling vehicles, lawn equipment , dry
cleaners, body shops
Biogenics VOCs from trees and plants
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Central Texas Emission Sources
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Ozone Action Days Are
Hot, Sunny Clear With little to no wind
These conditions create high, unhealthy Ozone
levels
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Working together can improve business and
positively affect our quality of life.
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The Clean Air Partners ProgramA Partnership of
The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce and the
CLEAN AIR Force of Central Texas

• Provides access to the business community
• Manages multi-faceted approach to improving air
  quality
• Provides people power for recruitment
• Sponsors measurement tools

• Coordinates the effort
• Responds to inquiries
• Manages community outreach
• Advises the team and participants
• Oversees efforts to ensure consistency

Supporting Organizations
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Join the Clean Air Partners Program

• Prosper and grow
• Improve your community
• Lessen stress
• Increase professional and personal time
• Lower auto, gas insurance costs

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• Live healthier
• Air pollution and ozone
• Impairs breathing, even in healthy, exercising
  adults
• Aggravates asthmatic reactions and lung function
  for the youth elderly
• Impedes quality of life
• Can increase health care costs

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Economic Effects

• Failing to meet the Federal air quality standards
  (or being nonattainment) may result in
• Enforced emission equipment and controls that can
  increase costs to consumers
• Limits on business expansions
• Loss of Federal transportation funds for
  transportation needs in our region (roads,
  congestion reduction programs, transit, etc.)

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The Reality A potential loss of regional
business
A quote regarding the loss of a Toyota Plant in
Dallas. That's right, bad air isn't just bad
for your health and federal road funds. It's bad
for business, too, and poses a threat to North
Texas' economic engine. Article Feb. 12,
2003, Dallas Star-Telegram, by Mitchell
Schnurman
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Real Dollar to our region(Toyota plant in San
Antonio creates spillover in our area)
Toyota plans to invest 800 million initially
... and use 2,100 construction workers to build
the plant.
...it will hire 2,000 plant employees and pay
them roughly double the average manufacturing
wage.
At least another 5,300 spinoff jobs are
expected to be created... new payrolls tied to
the plant will reach 8 billion over the next 25
years.
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The Clean Air Partners Program is committed to

• Establishing voluntary emission reduction goals
  and creating customized, tangible strategies to
  meet them
• Incentivizing and involving employees to help
  with solutions

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The Clean Air Partners Program is committed to

• Supporting activities that reduce employee miles
  traveled by
• Telecommuting
• Participating in alternative/flexible work
  schedules
• Biking, walking to work, or taking public
  transportation
• Carpooling or vanpooling

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The Clean Air Partners Program is committed to

• Supporting air quality improvement strategies
  such as
• Turning off delivery/visitor vehicles, versus
  letting them idle
• Increasing energy and water conservation
  techniques

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Experience The Benefits!
The Community
Employees
Employers

• less traffic

• cost savings

• cost savings

• less gas use

• less driving stress

• higher employee productivity

• better quality of life

• auto insurance discounts

• reduced absenteeism

• cleaner air

• more personal time

• greater recruitment opportunities

• better use of transportation system

• longer lasting car life

• less parking needed

• spend less on car maintenance

• more customer parking

• increased employee retention

• better employee morale and enhanced company image

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What am I Committing to?

• A good faith effort to reduce my
  company/organizations ozone-forming emissions by
  10 over a three-year period.
• Appointing an employee to act as liaison between
  Clean Air Partners and my company/organization.
• Incentivizing and supporting employee
  participation in the program
• Reporting participation annually to the Clean Air
  Partners Program via an online website.

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Contact Us
Wendy Willingham Clean Air Partners Program
Manager [phone] Deanna Altenhoff CLEAN
AIR Force of Central Texas [phone]