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    {"title" :"EPA Indoor airPLUS App","summary" : "Mobile Gov Experiences are agency stories about creating anytime, anywhere, any device government services and info. This entry is a story shared by the Environmental Protection Agency about their Indoor airPLUS app.","date" : "2012-02-22T12:02:12-04:00","date_modified" : "2024-07-05T22:14:24-04:00","authors" : {"jparcell" : "Jacob Parcell"},"topics" : {
        
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      "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/cms/news/2024/07/2024-07-02-case-study-increasing-access-to-required-bankruptcy-meetings/content/news/2012/02/2012-02-22-epa-indoor-airplus-app.md","slug" : "epa-indoor-airplus-app","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/cms/news/2024/07/2024-07-02-case-study-increasing-access-to-required-bankruptcy-meetings/2012/02/22/epa-indoor-airplus-app/","content" :"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMobile Gov Experiences are agency stories about creating anytime, anywhere, any device government services and info. This entry is a story shared by the Environmental Protection Agency.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"http://apps.usa.gov/epa-indoor-airplus/\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eIndoor airPLUS app\u003c/a\u003e provides home builders and verifier partners in the field easy access to the tools and resources of EPA’s Indoor airPLUS program, which is designed to help builders meet the growing consumer preference for homes with improved indoor air quality and energy efficiency. The Beta version is currently available for program partners to test in the field. An official version is scheduled for release in March 2012.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"why-we-did-it\"\u003eWhy We Did It\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"image image-right image-right-legacy\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2013/12/EPAairPLUS.png\"\n    alt=\"EPAairPLUS\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe (the EPA) were asked by the home building industry to develop an app they could easily use onsite to gather data and complete and email the Verification Cheklist that qualifies a house for the Indoor airPlus quality label. This eliminates the hassle of completing a paper checklist that can be lost and is not easily replicated.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"what-we-did\"\u003eWhat We Did\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEPA, using the cross platform development tool, Appcelerator Titanium, developed an app for the iPhone, Android and Blackberry platforms that includes\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003econstruction specifications,\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003evideos and podcasts on the Indoor airPlus program,\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea verification checklist which can be completed and emailed\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe application is an improvement over the paper-based checklist because it allows home builders to copy the common information from one form to another and to save the information electronically rather than only having the sheet of paper.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"how-it-worked\"\u003eHow It Worked\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEPA launched a beta version of the app in early October 2011 and is gathering feedback from users during this testing phase.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"what-we-learned\"\u003eWhat We Learned\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA data entry application like Indoor airPlus that is not graphics intensive and does not require device menu manipulations lent itself well to the cross platform development approach that EPA took to reduce development costs and time. A proper \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/cms/news/2024/07/2024-07-02-case-study-increasing-access-to-required-bankruptcy-meetings/2012/02/24/epas-mobile-access-review-committee/\" title=\"EPA’s Mobile Access Review Committee\"\u003emobile product development process\u003c/a\u003e allows for thorough investigation of mobile options.\u003c/p\u003e\n"}
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