Winning teams: Week 2
30 May – 1 June 2024
Plimira
Athens Hackathon
Members: David Klepej and Zulfiqar Ali
Challenge: Increasing heavy rains and floods in Greece.
The solution: Plimira represents a solution that will proactively engage the citizens towards building a more resilient city and improving the emergency responses.
Slogan: Take cover? The rain is coming!
Heat Fighters
Athens Hackathon
Members: Panagiotis Petropoulos, Panagiota Stamatelopoulou and Ippokratis Tsevrenis
Challenge: Urban heat island in Athens.
The solution: Create an agency that would disrupt the status quo of lack of green roofs reducing temperature by at least 27%.
Slogan: Think it, Change it.
CoolShade Solutions
Madrid Hackathon
Members: Javier Rodríguez, Alicia Arranz and Zeliha Sahin Cagli.
Challenge: Mitigating health risks from extreme heat in Southern Spain.
The solution: City-wide paths and stations of sustainable, cool, and comfortable canopies powered by solar cells.
Slogan: Make it cool.
AquaSmart
Madrid Hackathon
Members: Sofía Wepman, Javier Ríos, Flor Escobar and Sabina Bakula
Challenge: Reduce water consumption in hospitality.
The solution: Web app to incentivize hotel guests to save water during their stay.
Slogan: Save drop, do not drip.