Heat exposure mitigation

Extreme heat is the most imminent climate threat facing New Yorkers, contributing to over 500 deaths annually. To assess and mitigate urban heat in public spaces and active mobility infrastructure, our lab has developed a fine-grained urban climate model for NYC. 

Our outdoor thermal comfort model couples mesoscopic intra-urban variations in background climate with pedestrian-level radiation patterns derived from detailed urban geometry. It produces hourly, high-resolution (<10 m) thermal comfort maps (considering temperature, humidity, wind, radiation), validated on past heat events. 

More details can be found here