Nicole Luiz was Energy and Sustainability Manager for Worcester Polytechnic Institute, an institution with more than 7,500 students and 1,200 faculty and staff, where she oversaw energy efficiency and decarbonization strategies for more than 30 major campus buildings. There she assisted in managing a $9 million utility budget by tracking monthly energy use and leading energy supply procurement for major gas and electric accounts, led stakeholder engagement and communications efforts, and conducted campus-wide greenhouse gas assessments annually using large sets of energy data for 100+ utility accounts.

Prior to her time at WPI, Nicole was an energy engineer with GreenerU, identifying energy efficiency opportunities and calculating energy and carbon savings. She coordinated the identification, development and implementation of a variety of energy efficiency projects, including variable frequency drives for pumps and fans, air handler retrocommissioning, building envelope weatherization, modeling multi-story buildings for temperature control optimization, heat/energy recovery in lab spaces and more. She is experienced in conducting greenhouse gas inventories based on a building’s energy usage. She is especially familiar with organizing and analyzing large sets of utility data and problem-solving to find solutions to gaps or mistakes.

Nicole is a WPI graduate with a degree in mechanical engineering. She has professional affiliations with AEE New England and CWEEL.