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Environmental Benefits Mapping and Analysis Program - Community Edition (BenMAP-CE)

  • BenMAP Community Edition

    • Proven software that estimates the health impacts and economic value of changes in air quality.
    • Powerful enough to perform a full-scale benefits assessment, but easy enough for beginners to use.
    • Open-source to encourage community ownership.

BenMAP-CE is an open-source computer program that calculates the number and economic value of air pollution-related deaths and illnesses. The software incorporates a database that includes many of the concentration-response relationships, population files, and health and economic data needed to quantify these impacts. 

BenMAP-CE enables users to load their own data or use pre-loaded datasets for the U.S. and China, including

  • Air quality data
  • Demographic data
  • Economic values
  • Concentration-response relationships

Basic Information

  • How BenMAP-CE Estimates the Healt​h and Economic Effects of Air Pollution
  • Questions BenMAP-CE Can Help Answer

Downloads and Tools

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  • Reduced-Form Tools for Calculating PM2.5 Benefits
  • Regional Datasets

How Analysts Have Run BenMAP-CE

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How Can I Get Help?

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Last updated on March 10, 2025
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