Love My Air

Love My Air's mission is to provide Denver’s diverse communities with visible, accessible, and actionable air quality information. 

As one of the fastest-growing U.S. cities, Denver experiences significant construction and traffic congestion, worsening our air quality (AQ)—the 14th-worst among major US cities. Only 53% of residents realize the impacts of poor AQ, including that children are more susceptible to its effects, such as decreased lung function and missed days of school. While multiple factors influence exposure to air pollution, schools are an ideal intervention point for sensor deployment, education, and empowerment.

Founded in 2018, with funding from the 2018 Bloomberg Mayors Challenge, the Love My Air program’s goal is to provide Denver’s diverse communities with visible, accessible, and actionable air quality information. The Love My Air program, in partnership with Denver Public Schools (DPS), has created a citywide AQ monitoring network to provide real-time AQ data utilizing low-cost cutting-edge air pollution sensor technology, redeveloped with solar, battery storage and data connectivity to make it useful for wide-scale deployment and replicable in any municipality.  Love My Air program is also a Denver Smart City project.

Partners

Denver’s Department of Public Health & Environment (DDPHE)'s Love My Air program has a goal of empowering our community with hyper local air quality data, cutting edge air sensor technology, education, and community outreach. Through close collaboration with schools, community organizations, and local health clinics, we leverage our sensor network to educate and empower Denver residents. 

Healthcare Centers

Beginning in 2024, the Love My Air program is expanding to partner with three health care centers across the Denver metro area. Through a grant from the Kaiser Permanente Community Health Fund at The Denver Foundation, Love My Air will place AQSync air monitors at Tepeyac Community Health Center, Inner City Health, and Kaiser Permanente East Denver Medical Offices. These monitors will complement the existing sensor network by adding to the real-time, high-quality data on a wider range of air pollutants.

Current and Future Partners