EPA's Apps for the Environment

Would a mobile application help your school or district during a school IAQ walkthrough? Do you have ideas for creating environmental and/or health applications to help school communities nationwide?

Participate in EPA’s Apps for the Environment
(http://www.epa.gov/appsfortheenvironment/), and use EPA’s health and environmental data to develop a new app geared towards creating healthy indoor environments in schools. EPA supplies the data and you deliver the vision and solutions – and keep the rights. Over 90 ideas have been submitted so far! (http://www.epa.gov/developer/ideasforapps.html)

EPA experts will select a winner and runner up in each of two categories: Best Developer App and Best Student App. In addition, the public will vote for a “People’s Choice” winner. Apps will be judged based on their usefulness, innovation and usability. Winners will receive recognition on EPA’s website and will be honored at a recognition event in Washington, D.C., where they will present their apps to senior EPA officials and invited guests.

The deadline for submissions is September 16, 2011. Learn more about the challenge at http://www.epa.gov/appsfortheenvironment/.