Luis Ortiz

Luis Ortiz is Faculty Fellow at the Urban Systems Lab at The New School. A mechanical engineer by training, he is interested in the intersection of built environments, humans, and the atmosphere. In particular, he is interested in how climate change impacts energy use and health, as well as how cities may mitigate and adapt to these impacts. His recent work as a member of the UREx SRN project involved projecting vulnerability to weather extremes across a range of stakeholder-driven land use and climate scenarios.

Before joining the Urban Systems Lab, Luis earned his PhD at The City College of New York, where he worked on high-resolution extreme heat projections for New York City as well as impacts of climate change on the city’s summer electric demand for air conditioning. His work on heat wave projections will be featured in the upcoming Third New York City Panel on Climate Change report, scheduled for release in early 2019. To find out more about his work, see ResearchGate and Google Scholar.