HERS-ST Example - Interpreting the HERS-ST Section Output - Software - HERS-ST - EEI - Asset Management

HERS-ST Example - Interpreting the HERS-ST Section Output

Objective: Gain a better understanding of the HERS-ST section output.

Tasks:

section output format;
section characteristics;
implemented improvements;
characteristics at end of funding period; and
costs and benefits.

Task 1: Section Output Format

Field		Column Heading	Data Type	Notes
Section Identification	1. Record number	RECNO	I
	2. County code	CNTY	I
	3. Section identification	SECID	A
	4. Sample identifier	SAMPID	A
	5. LRS identification	LRSID	A
	6. LRS beginning point	BEGMP	F
	7. LRS ending point	ENDMP	F
Section Characteristics	8. PSR	PSR0	F	PSR at beginning of funding period
	9. Volume/Capacity ratio	VCR0	F	VCR at end of FP if no improvements are implemented
	10. Lane width	LW0	I
	11. Shoulder type	SHLT0	I
	12. Right shoulder width	RSHLW0	I
	13. Horizontal alignment adequacy	HORA0	I
	14. Vertical alignment adequacy	VERA0	I
Improvement	15. Improvement type	ITYPE	I
	16. Lanes added	LADD	I
	17. Increase in capacity	CAPINC	F
	18. Type of selection	TYPSEL	I
	19. BCR	BCR	F	Discounted total benefits / total initial cost
Characteristics at end of FP	20. Volume/Capacity ratio	VCR	F
	21. Average speed	AES	F
	22. PSR	PSR	F
	23. IRI (inches/mile)	IRI	F
	24. Total lanes	TLAN	I	May be less than sum of peak and off-peak lanes
	25. Peak lanes - peak direction	PLAN	I	Includes restricted lanes or shoulders used during peak
	26. Peak lanes - opposite direction	CPLAN	I
	27. Peak capacity - peak direction	PCAP	F
	28. Peak capacity - opposite direction	CPCAP	F
	29. Off-peak capacity	OPCAP	F
	30. Access control	ACCESS	I
	31. Lane width	LWID	I
	32. Shoulder type	SHLT	I
	33. Right shoulder width	RSHLW	I
	34. Median type	MEDT	I
	35. Median width	MEDW	I
	36. Widening feasibility	WFEAS	I
	37. Horizontal alignment adequacy	HORA	I
	38. Vertical alignment adequacy	VERA	I
	39. AADT	AADT	F
	40. Emissions costs	EMC	F
Costs and Benefits	41. Improvement cost	IMPC	F	Total initial cost
	42. Emissions benefits	EMB	F	Last year of funding period
	43. Travel-time benefits	TTB	F	Last year of funding period
	44. Operating-cost benefits	OPCB	F	Last year of funding period
	45. Safety benefits	SAFB	F	Last year of funding period
	46. Total benefits	TOTB	F	Last year of funding period
State Control Field	47. State control field	SCF	A