Helpful Links for Businesses
The following links to grant information, online calculators and other tools can help your business implement clean air practices.
Grant Information
Are you looking to fund your air quality project ideas? The following list of grant opportunities offered by various State and Federal agencies may be useful in beginning your search. Be sure to look through the eligibility information for the specific programs that interest you, as eligibility requirements vary.
- State Grants:
- Office of Energy and Defense Development:
- State Department of Agriculture:
- Indiana Department of Transportation:
- Indiana Department of Natural Resources:
- Federal Grants:
Online Calculators
There are a multitude of environmental calculators available to determine the environmental impacts of various activities. The following free calculators can assist your organization determine the environmental benefits of environmental improvement activities completed through the Clean Air Indiana Business Challenge, the Clean Air Business Pledge, or any other voluntary effort you may pursue.
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) has a greenhouse gas equivalencies calculator on the agency’s Web site. The calculator allows the user to input numbers under two options. Option 1 allows the user to enter gallons of gasoline saved, kilowatt-hours of electricity saved, therms of natural gas saved, and passenger vehicles affected per year. Option 2 allows the user to enter amounts of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, perfluorocarbon gases, sulfur hexafluoride, and carbon equivalent to calculate the total carbon dioxide equivalent emissions.
- U.S. EPA created a Cash Flow Opportunity Calculator for Energy Star. It is free to download and use. The directions are the second tab of the spreadsheet.
- Energy Star has information on energy management strategies, an assessment matrix, the Energy Star Challenge Toolkit, and a financial values calculator.
- The University of Illinois has an energy economics calculator open to the public for use.
- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has a free "Green" Alternatives Wizard. The wizard allows a user to search for green alternatives to chemicals or processes.
- The U.S. Department of Energy has spreadsheet templates and online calculators for lighting, exit signs, commercial and industrial equipment, food service equipment, appliances, plumbing and other tool resources.
- The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality has an online volatile organic compounds (VOC) and hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions calculator for paints, solvents, and other evaporative loss products.
- The Utah Department of Environmental Quality has online calculation sheets to help small businesses estimate their emissions.
- The Center for Clean Products and Clean Technologies has an online Electronics Environmental Benefits Calculator, intended to assist institutional purchasers, including Federal Electronic Challenge program participants, in quantifying the benefits of environmentally sound management of electronic equipment.
- U.S. EPA provides an online handbook for conducting an environmental audit.
