Knozone Air Quality Action Day Procedures
Alerting your employees to Knozone Air Quality Action Days and making them aware of actions they can take on those days is a great way to encourage a healthy work environment and promote involvement in keeping central Indiana air safe for everyone.
The AQI represents the level of pollution in the area and alerts the public to possible health effects of concern when pollutants in the area reach unhealthy concentrations. As a general rule, the higher the AQI value, the more air pollution and health risks there are. Air quality that is unhealthy for sensitive individuals is represented by the color orange on the AQI. 
The definition of a Knozone Air Quality Action Day has changed to include fine particles as well as ground-level ozone and the program continues to ask that businesses and individuals take action so that the air we all breathe will remain clean and healthy.
Knozone Air Quality Action Days are usually declared by noon the day before the Knozone Air Quality Action Day. Knozone Air Quality Action Days that fall on weekends or Mondays are declared on Friday. City staff closely monitors the air quality and notifies the media of Knozone Air Quality Action Days even on days when government offices are closed.
Action Steps
Here's what your business can do on Knozone Air Quality Action Days to help keep pollution levels down:
- Encourage employees to carpool, vanpool, bike, walk or take the bus to work
- Subsidize public transportation for your employees
- Remind employees not to idle vehicles
- If your business has a drive-thru window, provide incentives to your customers to
"Park and Go Inside" - During the summer, refuel vehicles and other equipment at the end of the work day
- Provide e-mail notification to employees
- Make work assignments with air quality impacts in mind
- Limit or discontinue non-essential, pollution causing operations
Fact Sheet - Knozone Air Quality Action Days
Fueling on Knozone Air Quality Action Days
Fact Sheet - Regueling After 6
Knozone Air Quality Action Day Company Notices
Sample - Fine Particulate Company Notice
Knozone Air Quality Action Day Email Texts
Sample - Fine Particulate Email Text
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) Reduction on Knozone Air Quality Action Days
