Tracking California's VW Trust

The Results page was regularly updated to show the program contract awards.

On the homepage, there are cards that describe the programs and show the current available funds.

The homepage has a summary table showing how many awards have been given out for each program.

Client: Bay Area Air Quality Management District

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The Volkswagen (VW) Mitigation Trust was established to fully mitigate the diesel NOx emissions caused by VW’s illegal actions. California was awarded $423 million which was administered by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) with the assistance of several air districts.

GreenInfo was hired by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) to design, build, and deploy a standalone website for the VW NOx Mitigation Program. We deployed a WordPress site with a custom theme and Advanced Custom Fields, which allows Air District staff to manage content and update the program regularly.

To track the progress and distribution of the trust fund, we built a Results page that shows an infographic of all awarded contracts. We used Microsoft Power BI to display a breakdown of awards by county, program, and disadvantaged community status. The page was easily updated by GreenInfo staff early in the program, and the Power BI file was transferred to the air district for ongoing maintenance and updates.

Results: We quickly developed a site to host information for applicants on the various programs available under the trust and kept applicants and CARB up to date on the award progress using cost-effective and straightforward tools.

Focus: Economic Development, Environment, Government Agencies, Public Health

Services: Interactive Solutions, Web Mapping, Website Design

Project Years: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

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Tracking California's VW Trust

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