Summary of IES Steps
Scope Project and Build Team
Acquire commitment from government host organization.
Identify technical team, project coordinator, technical leaders,
and IES partners.
Organize formal scoping meeting.
Develop project work plan outlining the coordination of all
project activities.
Develop Energy/Emissions Scenarios
Determine energy sector categories for inclusion.
Compile base-year emissions inventory.
Develop baseline and integrated mitigation energy/emissions
scenarios.
Select energy/emissions model.
Perform fuel consumption and emissions sector survey(s).
Collect fuel-use data.
Develop/adopt emissions factors.
Run model to project future emissions for each scenario.
Summarize results for air quality analysis.
Calculate Atmospheric Concentrations
• Assess existing ambient air quality.
• Collect local, historical ambient air quality monitoring data.
• identify targeted emissions.
• Collect local, historical meteorological data.
• Select air quality model.
• Run model to project future ambient concentrations for each
• Refine emissions data (from energy/emissions model),
scenario.
if necessary.
• Summarize results for health effects analysis.
Quantify Public Health Effects
Determine health endpoints and analytical methodologies.
Develop/identify appropriate C-R functions.
Collect local public health data.
Perform local epidemiological studies or adapt results.
Estimate avoided health effects for each scenario.
Perforin uncertainty analysis.
Summarize results for economic valuation analysis.
Perform Economic Valuation of Health Benefits
Collect economic valuation data.
Determine appropriate valuation methods.
Apply selected valuation approaches.
Perform benefits transfer, if necessary.
Perform comprehensive valuation analysis.
Summarize results through a range of valuation scenarios.
Rank Measures and Share Results
Quantify cumulative costs and benefits for each recommendation.
Develop benefit-cost ratios for each recommendation.
Prioritize recommended measures based on benefit-cost
ratios or other criteria.
Share project results.
Identify additional steps to advance implementation.
Implement Measures
Incorporate results into policymaking processes.
Build support for implementation.
Institutionalize IES process and results.
Develop funding proposals.

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