Social project · heat-resilience · off-grid

Cooling for work and effort in heat

Support for safe work and effort in extreme heat, including off-grid settings.

Thermal comfort support module for work in extreme heat.

Thermal comfort support in public space and field work.

The thermal-comfort-climate project addresses growing health risks from extreme temperatures. The solution is designed with an off-grid variant - for regions without stable power and disadvantaged communities.

Who it is for

Field work, construction, hot and cold industrial halls
Emergency and public services
Seniors and heat-vulnerable people
Sport and dance (running, training in heat)
Sports clubs and training sites during heat waves
Regions without stable power (off-grid variant)

MVP1 Field

10–20 pilot devices
Two parallel groups: run/dance and field work/hall work
Measurements during heat waves: thermal comfort and heart rate
Research protocol with university (AWF / Wrocław University of Science and Technology)
Pilot scenario with one sports club during a heat wave

Budget: PLN 120–300k · 12 months · TRL 2–3

Funding: Local government grant / EU social innovation / sponsor; commercialisation outside the grant region

Foundation model

Social licence from authors → validation in the grant region → commercialisation outside the funded region → return to the foundation’s statutory goals. Preferential humanitarian licence for Africa (affordable, replaceable cartridges). We consider royalty-share / social-licence within the foundation budget. A sports club can host a heat-comfort pilot as a separate partner scenario.

How you can help

Choose how to get involved - email or (soon) online form.

Placements, theses and research

For outstanding candidates: placements in every format (on-site, remote, hybrid), research commissions, sponsorship of engineering, master's and doctoral theses, and joint research with a university.

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Donate to the pilot

Support pilot devices and research in the grant region.

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Pilot partner

Local government, care home, school, sports club - joint pilot during heat waves.

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Pilot partners (sought)

Local government units

Social care homes

Schools and educational institutions

Sports clubs

AWF / Wrocław University of Science and Technology

Portal roadmap

30 days

Publish project page and waitlist
Collect first volunteer and partner applications

90 days

5 user interviews + 1 focus group
Pilot with 1–2 local partners
KPI: volunteer-hours, preliminary comfort/heart-rate data
Draft grant application
1 publication / pilot report

Example social uses

Comfort support for field work and hot halls
Help for seniors and heat-vulnerable people during heat waves
Club training and competitions in extreme heat
Longer sessions at open or field sports sites

We are looking for volunteers and academic partners

Across all foundation projects we seek volunteers for field work, documentation, education, logistics and participant care.

For outstanding candidates we offer placements in every format: on-site, remote and hybrid, as well as research commissions, sponsorship of engineering and master's theses, doctoral work and joint research with universities and student research groups.

Write to foundation@aimindllc.com with a short note on your interests and availability.