V.C: Mobile Applications
Develop mobile applications to empower citizen’s environmental decisions Other Information:
* Human Health Advisories: EPA is leveraging technology to push human health advisories via mobile phone apps, providing the
public with location-based information to help them take action. The project is cross-Agency. One example being developed
is the EPA Saves Your Skin mobile phone app, providing ZIP code-based UV index information to help the public take action
to protect their skin. Another example of a mobile app is the Air Quality Index (AQI) which feeds air quality information
based on zip code. * Green Product Information: This is an Agencywide strategy to provide a one-stop source of information
to consumers to help them consider the impacts of products when making purchases (e.g., energy efficiency, water conservation,
chemical exposure, sustainable design). In response to public input during the development of this plan, EPA is developing
an Internet portal that consolidates the various Agency product information Web sites into one Web site. Future efforts may
include ways to deliver such information through mobile channels, either by EPA providing data that others can incorporate
into mobile applications, or direct EPA effort such as text messages or Smartphone applications.
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