i-Tree

Air emissions reductions strategy Air quality management

Description

Suite of tools providing urban and rural forestry analysis and benefits tools. i-Tree quantifies forest structure and estimates the environmental and economic benefits of trees.

Questions this resource can help answer

What are the air quality and health benefits of planting trees in different neighborhoods in my city?

How do I use this resource?

The i-Tree suite includes a number of different tools related to forest and tree analysis. These tools can be helpful in analyzing air quality benefits of tree planting or green infrastructure programs. Several of the tools are available as mobile apps. These include th MyTree and OurTrees apps, which are intended for novice users. The i-Tree Design tool can be used from a web browser, and the i-Tree Eco tool has to be downloaded and installed on a Windows PC. There are several other specialized tools available. The video how to guides appear to be disabled. However, there are manuals available under the support menu.

Resource information

Resource owner

Government

Format

Software

Backup URL

Update Frequency

Irregularly

Geographic Coverage

United States

Technical specifications

Methodology

Complex modeling is described in full in the documentation at https://www.itreetools.org/support/resources-overview/i-tree-methods-and-files

Sectors

Natural sources

Other Specifications

Minimum Hardware 1.6 GHz or faster processor, 1024 MB of available RAM, Hard drive with at least 3 GB free space, Monitor resolution of 1024 x 768 or greater. Software Windows 10 or higher operating system, Modern web browser such as Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, .NET Framework 4.0 or newer, Microsoft Access 2016 Database Engine or newer

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