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**Description:** This agreement provides funding to University of Utah to execute capacity building, tribal capacity building, training, education, and research and demonstration activities designed to address indoor air quality (IAQ) issues and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) at K-12 schools in low-income, disadvantaged, and tribal communities.

Specifically, the recipient will help develop IAQ management and GHG reduction plans for K-12 schools in underserved urban and rural areas in Utah, Wyoming (with the Northern Arapaho Tribe), and potentially Nevada (with the Sho-Pai Tribe).

This will be accomplished through energy efficiency assessments of school buildings, indoor/outdoor air pollutant monitoring, research and demonstration activities designed to illustrate the effectiveness of various IAQ and GHG reduction strategies, community engagement, training, and educational activities.

In addition, a national webinar, workshops, phone app(s), factsheets, community IAQ advisory board(s) for the project, and guidance on improving IAQ and energy efficiency in schools will also be developed.

**Activities:** The activities include school buildings energy assessments, indoor/outdoor air pollution monitoring and air quality, development of IAQ management and GHG reduction plan, and research and demonstration of different interventions and their effectiveness, and training and education.

These activities are associated with the following project areas:

1. IAQ and GHG reduction capacity building targeting facility management staff, health officers, and key decision makers at K-12 schools and/or school districts in low-income and disadvantaged communities.

2. Tribal IAQ and GHG reduction capacity building targeting facility management staff, health officers, and key decision makers at K-12 schools in tribal communities.

3. IAQ and GHG reduction training and education campaign for facility management staff and health officers at K-12 schools and school districts in low-income, disadvantaged, and tribal communities, and/or the development of qualified K-12 school staff necessary to execute comprehensive IAQ and GHG reduction plans.

4. IAQ and GHG reduction research and demonstration projects in K-12 schools located in low-income, disadvantaged, and/or tribal communities.

**Subrecipient:** A subaward of $43,364 for DHHS for developing factsheets, designing/administering the questionnaires, guiding the selection of thresholds for the text(s), and participating in CAB meetings.

A $51,045 subaward for UCAIR is included for organizing the workshops and leading the CAB meetings.

A subaward of $151,099 is provided to Snow College for coordinating with the rural Utah schools and deploying/maintaining sensors at the schools, co-location with their air quality instruments and participation in outreach activities.

**Outcomes:** The anticipated deliverables include the development of factsheets, a national webinar, workshops, community advisory board (CAB), two phone apps, text(s), and guidance on improving IAQ and energy efficiency in schools.

They also include CONTAM model platform, technical reports, project website, and database.

These are expected to increase IAQ and GHG reduction capacity building on a local, regional, and national level, and lead to more peer-reviewed scientifically validated research publications on IAQ and energy use.

**Anticipated Deliverables:**
- 5 regional or national IAQ conference(s) focused on GHG reduction and IAQ intervention best practices, school IAQ plan development, or other relevant IAQ topics for facility management staff, health officers, and key decision makers from K-12 schools and/or school districts in low-income, disadvantaged, and/or tribal communities.

- 7 IAQ and GHG reduction management plan development course(s) and associated educational materials developed for facility management staff, health officers, and key decision makers from K-12 schools and/or school districts in low-income.

University Of Utah

4 - ENSURE CLEAN AND HEALTHY AIR FOR ALL COMMUNITIES 4.1 - IMPROVE AIR QUALITY AND REDUCE LOCALIZED POLLUTION AND HEALTH IMPACTS

66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act

Office of Grants and Debarment (OGD) [EPA - HQ]

Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) [EPA - HQ]

Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-9011 United States

Single Zip Code

Grant Funding to Address Indoor Air Pollution at Schools (EPA-R-OAR-APS-24-02)