ciriabest (CIRIA's Benefits Estimation Tool)

ciriabest is a structured tool which guides users in valuing diverse project benefits, promoting contextual assessment over fixed values. By enabling the creation of robust business cases, ciriabest enhances decision-makers' confidence in the societal, environmental, and economic value of blue-green initiatives, facilitating their adoption.

ciriabest:

• encourages conversation between those involved in a project
• shows what benefits can be provided by a project in comparison with a ‘do nothing’ baseline
• is map-based, helping users to visualise the context of the project and import their own data
• guides the user through a structured process of benefits estimation
• enables a number of projects to be evaluated and compared within an identified area boundary
• provides downloadable pdf outputs for use in presentations, funding bids and business plans
• can be used in retrospect to demonstrate the multiple benefits of an existing project
• draws on the latest and most reliable published data, saving time and effort in locating evidence

For more information on ciriabest please visit www.ciria.org/books/ciriabest.