(FOA)-Household
Energy and Clean Indoor and Ambient Air (EPA-OAR-ORIA-19-03); August 6, 2019
Agency
US
Environmental Protection Agency
Description
This
notice announces the availability of funds and solicits applications to improve
human health and the environment by reducing exposure in developing countries
from indoor air pollution generated from household energy use. EPA is
soliciting applications for projects that support this effort through:
• capacity building;
• technical assistance;
•
strengthening of policies, standards, and supply chains for household energy
technologies;
• the transition to cleaner fuels; and
• information exchanges.
Priority
areas include:
•
Developing,
disseminating, and encouraging the adoption by foreign governments of household
energy standards of performance and practice;
•
Supporting
the more than two dozen U.S.-based household energy companies to improve the
design and performance of technologies used domestically and internationally;
•
Improving
the design and performance of technologies and fuels;
•
Innovative
approaches to foster or accelerate the transition to cleaner fuels;
•
Monitoring
indoor air pollution and other environmental impacts of interventions;
•
Characterizing
the contribution of household energy emissions to ambient air pollution; and
•
Incorporating
social and cultural practices to promote adoption of new technology and tracking
the socio-economic impacts.
Eligible
entities with experience conducting capacity building and technical assistance
efforts that have achieved positive outcomes in the international household
energy and health sector are encouraged to submit applications that will reduce
indoor exposure to harmful air pollutants from household energy use and yield
measurable environmental outcomes.
Announcement
Number
EPA-OAR-ORIA-19-03
Closing
Date
August
6, 2019
Link
to Full Announcement
https://www.epa.gov/grants/household-energy-and-clean-indoor-and-ambient-air
Contact
Information
Kim
Durkin
(202)
343-9147