CO-Benefits Risk Assessment (COBRA) Health Impacts Screening and Mapping Tool

Analysts, environmental agencies, energy officials, and transportation planners can use this tool to recognize the health benefits of clean energy policies. Outcomes are monetized, giving users a way to perform a simple cost/benefit analysis for their region. The tool can help state and local governments:

• explore how decreases in air pollution can improve human health
• estimate the economic value of health benefits associated with clean energy policies to compare against program costs
• map air quality, human health, and health-related economic benefits from reductions in emissions of air pollutants

Users can operate a web-based version of the tool in their browser, or download the software. The downloaded software requires a Microsoft Windows® operating system. Intermediate-level users can expect to put a moderate amount of effort into learning to use this tool.