Clean Air Counts

Clean Air Counts is a northeastern Illinois regional initiative to reduce ozone-causing emissions, thereby improving air quality and enabling economic development.

It is a collaborative effort between the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus, City of Chicago, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5, and Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. This multi-year initiative seeks to achieve specific and significant reductions in targeted smog-forming pollutants and major reductions in energy consumption.

More information about the campaign can be found at http://cleanaircounts.org.

The Delta Institute is a partner in the campaign, servicing the Chicago Southland and parts of downtown Chicago. Delta works with businesses to adopt any of a number of Clean Air Counts strategies, implement recommendations, and report on the results of the implementation.

Delta has worked with over 70 businesses, large and small, to implement and report on Clean Air Counts strategies. Joining the campaign is free, and gives businesses access to Delta's free technical assistance. Once a business has joined the campaign, Delta normally does an informal audit to identify strategies a business can implement. Delta produced the following fact sheets to aid businesses in implementing strategies:

• Energy Efficiency
• Low-VOC Cleaning Products
• Low-VOC Paints
• Low-VOC Building Materials
• Workplace Transportation Options

After implementing strategies, Delta works with a business to report and market its initiatives.

To join the campaign, or get more information, please contact Kevin Dick or Elise Zelechowski.