Health Economic Assessment Tool (HEAT)

To facilitate evidence-based decision-making, WHO has developed, in collaboration with experts, an online tool to estimate the value of reduced mortality that results from regular walking or cycling.
The health and economic assessment tool (HEAT) for cycling and walking:
-is intended to be part of comprehensive cost–benefit analyses of transport interventions or infrastructure projects;
-complements existing tools for economic valuations of transport interventions, for example on emissions or congestion;
-can also be used to assess the current situation or past investment;
-is based on best available evidence, with parameters that can be adapted to fit specific situations. Default parameters are valid for the European context.

This tool will help achieve the goal of the following objectives

Less Contamination
Less Emissions
Less Traffic Noise
Connectivity and Inclusion
Healthy Destinations
Less Traffic Violence
Active Transportation
Green Space

Estimation Technique

HEAT calculates the answer to the following question: if x people cycle or walk y distance on most days, what is the economic value of mortality rate improvements?
A guidance book and summary address practitioners and experts, focusing on approaches to the economic valuation of positive health effects related to cycling and walking. The tool has already been applied in several countries.