Rules
Both of these programs are limited to Workplace Partnership members and their employees.
AirQ Champion
This program is conducted twice each year, once at the beginning of ozone season and once at the end. Nomination deadlines are subject to change. Please check the recognition program home page for details.
- You may not nominate yourself.
- Both the nominator and the nominee must work for an organization that is a member of the AirQ Workplace Partnership.
- The AirQ Champion will be an individual who uses public transit, rides his or her bike to work, encourages carpooling or takes other steps to improve Greater Kansas City's air quality.
- The Champion nominee will be judged solely on their individual behaviors and actions that reduce air pollution.
- An employee can be nominated during both of the nomination periods that occur in one year, but cannot be recognized more than once per calendar year.
- MARC Air Quality Program staff will contact each nominee to ask him or her about their efforts to reduce air pollution. The list of questions asked of each organization is standardized, and may be completed via an online form or over the phone. Questions will focus on the types of pollution-reducing actions the nominee takes, the frequency with which they take them, and how long they have been taking them.
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AirQ Challenge
This program is conducted twice each year, once at the beginning of ozone season and once at the end. Nomination deadlines are subject to change. Please check the recognition program home page for details.
- You may only nominate your own organization.
- Your organization must be a member of the AirQ Workplace Partnership in order to be nominated.
- The organization recognized by the AirQ Challenge program will take actions such as using hybrids in its fleet(s), retrofitting its vehicles to reduce emissions, allowing employees to telecommute or work flex hours, encouraging carpooling, or taking other steps to improve Greater Kansas City's air quality.
- Evaluation of the nominated organizations will be based on three areas: internal air quality policies, community leadership on air quality issues, and encouraging employee action and awareness.
- An organization can be nominated during both of the nomination periods that occur in one year, but cannot be recognized more than once per calendar year.
- MARC Air Quality Program staff will contact an individual at each organization to ask about his or her organization's efforts to reduce air pollution. The list of questions asked of each organization is standardized, and may be completed via an online form or over the phone. Organizations will have an opportunity to provide additional information or attach up to three documents showing their commitment to cleaner air.
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