By Alex Lunine, Resilient Communities Program Manager
Sustainable Solano is seeking four households or businesses in Fairfield, especially those in city districts 2,3, and 5 (see map below), to receive a free outdoor PurpleAir Monitor to help create a community-led air monitoring network. These sensors give live readings of particulate matter concentrations in the air, which is especially useful during rush hour traffic, dusty/windy days, and during wildfire season. By contributing to this air monitoring network, you can help your neighbors protect their health.
If your address qualifies, you will receive a free PurpleAir Classic Air Quality Monitor and outdoor-safe power cable. These monitors do require a wireless internet connection (to upload the data to their map), a consistent outdoor power supply, and a place to mount the monitor (either via ZipTie or nail). Sustainable Solano can help with the setup and installation of the monitors (not including permanent mounting methods), and answer any questions you may have. Sustainable Solano has distributed six monitors to Fairfield residents and organizations as part of its Youth Air Protectors program.
If you are interested, please fill out this form, and we will reach out to you shortly. For any questions, please feel free to email alex@sustainablesolano.org.
Selection for the monitors will be determined by relevance of address and ability to properly set up the monitor in your space, but will otherwise be granted on a rolling basis.
The Sustainable Solano Youth Air Protectors is part of California Climate Investments, a statewide initiative that puts billions of Cap-and-Trade dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening the economy, and improving public health and the environment — particularly in disadvantaged communities.
