The Clean Air Fund derives its funds entirely from penalties collected by the Air Quality Program and contains no county tax dollars. The Allegheny County Health Department administers the Clean Air Fund to support activities and projects that:
Importantly, the Clean Air Funds cannot be used by regulated entities as a means of meeting air quality regulations.
To request support from the Clean Air Fund, please reach out to the Air Quality program using Air Pollution Control Advisory Committee contact form.
The next round of Clean Air Fund grant applications will open later in 2026!
Climate Resilience
Borough of Etna
$500,000
Funding to assist the installation of solar panels at their new municipal office building
Project is ongoing through 2029
Sharpsburg Borough
$1,000,000
Funding to install a solar panel and battery storage system to offset the borough building's electrical usage and to provide backup power in the event of outages
Project is ongoing through 2027
Sharpsburg Borough has ordered solar panels
Clean Air Stories Update(PDF, 345KB)
West Mifflin Borough
$997,450
Funding to install a 1 MWh battery storage system as part of a multi-municipality effort to install solar and battery storage systems at municipal buildings in Allegheny County
Project is ongoing through 2026
Municipal Fleet Electrification
Munhall Borough
$186,789
Support the replacement of three diesel refuse trucks with electric models and charging infrastructure
Munhall Borough’s charging station installation is 50% complete
Borough of Swissvale
$800,000
Replace a diesel-powered street sweeper with an electric model
Borough of Swissvale has ordered the street sweeper
Municipal Equipment Electrification
The Boroughs of Braddock, North Braddock, Rankin, and East Pittsburgh
$75,000
Replace four gas-powered pieces of municipal lawn equipment with electric models for the boroughs of Braddock, East Pittsburgh, North Braddock, and Rankin
Borough of Pitcairn
$43,272
Replace 20 gas-powered pieces of municipal lawn equipment with electric models
Project completed in 2025
Borough of Pitcairn replaced 21 pieces of gas-powered equipment
Borough of Brackenridge
$23,094
Replace 11 gas-powered pieces of municipal lawn equipment with electric models
Borough of Brackenridge replaced 11 gas-powered pieces of municipal lawn equipment
Tree Canopy Expansion
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
$50,000
Plant and maintain 45 trees in Monongahela Valley communities
Project is ongoing through 2030
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy has planted 96 trees and engaged 90 volunteers
Wilkinsburg Shade Tree Commission
Plant and maintain 50 trees in Wilkinsburg
Wilkinsburg Shade Tree Commission is drafting tree inventory and management plan
Fleet Electrification
$748,339
Decommission diesel refuse hauler and replace with electric garbage packer and installation of electric charging station
Project is ongoing through 2028
West Mifflin Borough’s charging station is being installed and the new electric vehicle has been ordered
One Tree Per Child
Tree Pittsburgh
$46,000
Plant 75 trees on school grounds, community parks, and right of ways within the Woodland Hills School District
Tree Pittsburgh has planted 31 out of 75 trees
Plant 75 trees on school grounds, community parks, and right of ways within Steel Valley School District
Tree Pittsburgh has planted 19 out of 75 trees
Mon Valley Municipalities Fleet Electrification
$700,000
Replace two diesel-powered garbage trucks and purchase of two equivalent electric garbage truck and installation of electric vehicle charging station
Steel Rivers Council of Governments
$750,000
Replace diesel powered street sweeper and purchase of an equivalent electric street sweeper and installation of electric vehicle charging station
Project completed
The Steel Rivers Council of Governments’ new electric street sweeper went into service in 2025
Pittsburgh Regional Future City Competition
Engineers’ Society of Western Pennsylvania
$9,000
Three years of annual funding to support the Carnegie Science Center's Pittsburgh Regional Future City Competition
Project is completed
Allegheny County Health Department provided funding for 2024, 2025, and 2026
Pittsburgh Regional Science and Engineering Fair
$15,000
Three years of annual funding to support the Pittsburgh Regional Science and Engineering Fair
Research Review
Ramboll US Consulting Inc
$69,956
H2S Analysis in Allegheny County with a focus on the Mon Valley
Project completed in 2022
Third party analysis was done on H2S data and research
Air Quality Forecasting Program for the Mon Valley
Georgia Tech Research Corporation's Institute of Technology
$9,941
Develop an air quality forecasting program for the Mon Valley Episode Rule
Project completed in 2021
An air quality forecasting program was created for the Mon Valley Episode Rule
Air Ambassador Program
Various
$9,999 per grantee
Total grant of $200,000
Nine organizations each work on individual projects to educate municipalities in the Mon Valley about air quality and get residents to sign up for Allegheny Alerts
About 740 residents signed up for Allegheny Alerts in the Mon Valley
Regulated Entities Portal
enfoTech & Consulting Inc.
$548,725
Online portal to be created for air quality permitting and enforcement software
Project completed in 2024
The Regulated Entities Portal (REP) is currently in use
Equipment for Air Toxics and H2S Studies
Allegheny County Health Department
$340,554
Purchase equipment and provide lab analysis for a study of Mon Valley odor and air toxics emissions.
Project is ongoing
Air Quality monitoring testing equipment has been purchased to support studies
Air Quality Alerts and Education
Southwest PA Air Quality Partnership
Provide guidelines for individual actions to reduce exposure to pollution, provide alerts on high pollution days, and ozone and particulate forecasting for three years
Project completed in 2023
Support was provided for public outreach
Clean Air and Environmental Health Fund Contract Administrator Position
$55,000
Hire a Clean Air and Environmental Health Fund Contract Administrator last year to help develop new processes and outreach strategies
Project completed in 2020
Allegheny County Health Department hired an administrator to help develop new processes and strategies
Professional and Technical Support
Professional and technical support as needed for case analysis, technical expertise, legal support, and medical and toxicological consulting
Provided support for various studies and program needs
Tree Planting
$98,000
Plant and maintain 75 trees
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy planted 172 trees
Annual funding for three years
Allegheny County Health Department provided three years of annual funding
$99,995
Engage over 1000 students from 20 different schools in the Mon Valley over 2 years. Plant 1250 trees with customized tree care plan for each school
Tree Pittsburgh planted 1,336 trees in the Mon Valley