Skyline Stories Ep. 5: Five Boroughs from Above. New York's Building Heat Map
New York's Local Law 97 puts carbon caps on 50,000 buildings, and the city needed to know which ones leak heat before the fines start landing. Episode 5 tells the story of mapping all five boroughs from above.
Dana Ruiz explains how the winter thermal survey program went from a Brooklyn pilot to a city-scale operation, how building owners react when they see their rooftop glowing orange, and what the data changed in retrofit funding. Amina Patel shows the models that turn millions of thermal frames into a ranked retrofit list.
One city, one deployment, the whole story. Live with audience Q&A, then on demand.
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Speakers
Amina Patel
Head of AI Systems, Rangu Drones
Amina leads Rangu's AI systems group, which turns raw aerial sensor streams into the models behind DroneOS insights, from emission plume tracking to crowd flow prediction.
Dana Ruiz
Deputy Director for Energy Programs, NYC Mayor's Office of Climate and Environmental Justice
Dana runs building-decarbonisation programs for the City of New York and owns the citywide thermal survey initiative supporting Local Law 97 enforcement and retrofit grants.