Solution description
FortyGuard’s solution leverages AI-powered temperature intelligence to combat the urban heat crisis. Using its proprietary Temperature Operating System (tOS) infrastructure, our technology integrates data from satellites, IoT sensors, weather stations, and GPS to generate hyper-localized heat maps and predictive analytics. The solution guides urban planners, municipalities, and industries to design and implement effective heat mitigation strategies. With a proven track record of reducing urban temperatures by up to 5°C in pilot areas, FortyGuard enhances urban livability, reduces energy consumption, and promotes climate resilience.
The combination of technology, human resources, and sustainable practices ensures the solution’s success. With a highly skilled team of AI engineers, climate scientists, and urban planners, FortyGuard provides actionable, data-driven insights to cities and industries. Financial sustainability is achieved through a subscription-based Temperature Dashboard, enterprise-level API integrations, and project-specific consulting.
Our solution directly aligns with the objectives of South-South and Triangular cooperation by enabling the exchange of innovative technologies and best practices among countries facing similar urban heat challenges. Its scalability ensures widespread adoption, addressing urban heat impacts on a global scale.
Innovation alignment
FortyGuard’s solution leverages AI-driven temperature intelligence to tackle urban heat with unparalleled precision and efficiency. Our proprietary tCMap technology produces hyper-localized heatmaps at the critical 2-meter height, capturing the canopy layer where heat directly affects human activity. With 89% predictive accuracy and the capacity to process 32 billion GPS data points daily, FortyGuard has created the world’s largest urban heat dataset. This innovation provides real-time and predictive insights, enabling cities, industries, and governments to make data-driven decisions to mitigate heat impacts effectively.
Unlike traditional methods that rely on coarse or static data, FortyGuard’s solution offers actionable intelligence at a spatial resolution of 10m², ensuring targeted and measurable interventions. Our flexible SaaS model includes the subscription-based Temperature Dashboard for real-time analytics, the API for seamless integration into enterprise systems, and Advisory Services for project-specific consulting. These tools are accessible and affordable, making urban temperature intelligence available to cities of all sizes at a fraction of the cost of traditional satellite-based alternatives.
The solution aligns with SDGs by contributing to sustainable urban development (Goal 11), reducing CO? emissions and supporting climate action (Goal 13), mitigating heat-related health risks (Goal 3), and fostering innovation in urban infrastructure (Goal 9). Its practical applications have already achieved measurable results, including temperature reductions of up to 5°C in pilot projects in Abu Dhabi.
FortyGuard seeks data and research support to refine its models for diverse regional climates, access localized datasets, and collaborate with academic institutions. Brokerage support is critical for fostering partnerships with governments, municipalities, and industries, enabling knowledge exchange and scaling adoption across the Global South. Co-funding will ensure the deployment of customized solutions for specific regions.
Solution impact
FortyGuard’s solution generates significant economic, social, and environmental impacts by providing cities with the tools to effectively mitigate urban heat. Economically, our system enables cities and businesses to reduce cooling energy demand by up to 15%, translating to lower energy costs for municipalities, businesses, and residents. These savings also alleviate strain on energy infrastructure, freeing resources for other essential services. The economic benefits extend to increased productivity, as reduced urban heat supports better working conditions and enhances outdoor activities, particularly in heat-vulnerable areas.
Socially, our solution addresses the pressing public health challenges posed by extreme heat. By reducing ambient temperatures by up to 6°C in targeted areas, FortyGuard improves urban livability and reduces the incidence of heat-related illnesses, particularly among vulnerable populations such as the elderly, outdoor workers, and children. Enhanced comfort in public spaces fosters greater social equity by ensuring that all residents, regardless of socio-economic status, can benefit from safer and more enjoyable environments.
Environmentally, FortyGuard’s interventions promote long-term sustainability by reducing urban heat islands, lowering CO? emissions, and restoring ecological balance. Projects such as Masdar City Eco Plaza and Anantara Eastern Mangroves showcase how our data-driven approach can guide the implementation of green infrastructure, high-albedo materials, and water features to improve biodiversity and reduce surface and ambient temperatures. These efforts align directly with global climate goals, contributing to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and fostering resilience to the impacts of climate change.
The impacts of our solution are estimated through a combination of data analysis and field measurements. For example, reductions in surface and ambient temperatures are measured using IoT sensors and satellite data, while energy savings are calculated based on pre- and post-intervention cooling demand. Social impacts are assessed through surveys and health statistics, tracking improvements in public health and quality of life. Environmental benefits are quantified by measuring reductions in CO? emissions and increases in green cover.
Over the next three years, FortyGuard aims to expand into more than 200 cities, benefiting an estimated 3 million users, including urban planners, governments, and developers. With a projected reduction of surface temperatures by 5-6°C in these cities, our solution is expected to generate significant economic, social, and environmental value, creating a sustainable and livable future for urban populations worldwide.
Replicability / scalability
FortyGuard’s solution is highly replicable and scalable, designed to adapt to the unique urban and climatic conditions of cities worldwide. Its modular, SaaS-based model ensures that the core technology—powered by the Temperature Operating System (tOS)—can be easily deployed across diverse geographies without the need for extensive infrastructure investment. By leveraging IoT sensors, satellite data, and existing urban datasets, the platform integrates seamlessly with available resources, making it suitable for both developed and developing regions.
The scalability of the solution lies in its flexibility. The Temperature Dashboard operates on a subscription model that can scale from small municipalities to large metropolitan areas, while the API integration allows enterprises to customize the system for their specific operational needs. Our Advisory Services further enhance scalability by delivering tailored solutions for complex urban environments, ensuring that cities with varying capacities can access and benefit from the technology.
FortyGuard’s scalability is evidenced by its successful deployments in cities such as Abu Dhabi and Rotterdam, where the platform has been adapted to meet distinct urban planning and climate resilience challenges. These real-world applications demonstrate the solution’s ability to replicate its impact across different socio-economic and environmental contexts.
The system’s replicability is enhanced by its focus on hyper-localized data and predictive analytics, which provide actionable insights regardless of a city’s size or climate. Additionally, the affordability of FortyGuard’s offerings ensures accessibility for underfunded municipalities, broadening its reach to resource-constrained regions that often face the most severe heat challenges.
To facilitate replicability, FortyGuard offers capacity-building initiatives and knowledge-sharing partnerships, empowering local stakeholders to utilize the platform effectively. As the solution expands, it fosters a shared framework for urban heat mitigation, enabling cities to learn from one another and adapt best practices to their own contexts.
Cooperation potential
FortyGuard’s solution is inherently aligned with the principles of South-South and Triangular cooperation by addressing the shared challenges of urban heat and climate resilience faced by developing countries. The scalability and adaptability of our AI-powered temperature intelligence make it a valuable tool for fostering collaboration and knowledge exchange among nations in the Global South.
Our solution enables cities across regions to leverage hyper-localized heat data to design effective cooling strategies, improve public health, and reduce energy consumption. These outcomes address critical climate adaptation needs that are common across developing countries, particularly in regions with rapidly growing urban populations and limited access to reliable climate data. By providing a cost-effective, actionable tool for urban planning and climate resilience, FortyGuard democratizes access to advanced technology, empowering municipalities and industries in diverse socio-economic contexts.
FortyGuard directly supports South-South and Triangular cooperation by facilitating the exchange of best practices, methodologies, and data-driven strategies for combating urban heat. For instance, cities in the UAE, Brazil, and India, which face similar heat challenges, can adopt and adapt FortyGuard’s proven solutions to their unique contexts. This fosters a shared knowledge base and builds capacity within local governments and organizations to address urban heat independently.
Through partnerships with governments, UN agencies, and regional stakeholders, FortyGuard enables collaborative projects that bridge gaps in technical expertise and resource availability. The platform’s integration capabilities also allow for interoperability with other climate data systems, further enhancing cooperation across borders. The use of a common technological framework encourages participating nations to contribute their insights and experiences, creating a virtuous cycle of shared innovation and mutual learning.
In aligning with South-South and Triangular cooperation goals, FortyGuard’s efforts towards building global climate resilience ensure that developing countries have the tools and knowledge necessary to address the growing challenges of urban heat effectively.
Territory coverage
Our solution is designed to scale across diverse regions, making it applicable to both developed markets, such MENA, Europe, North America, and Japan, and emerging markets, including Asia, Africa, and South America, where urbanization and climate change pose severe challenges. By 2028, we plan to expand into over 200 cities globally, enabling diverse stakeholders to implement effective urban cooling strategies tailored to their specific needs.
Collaborators
| Name | Designation | Certification | University |
| Jay Sadiq | CEO & Founder | MBA, International Business | University of Wollongong |
| Adam Ahsan | Lead Software Engineer | Bachelor of Science, Computer Science | University of Wollongong |
| Aamir Ali | Software Engineer | Bachelor of Science, Computer Science | University of Wollongong |
| Aashan Javed | Software Engineer | Bachelor of Science, Computer Science | National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences |
| Jose Zambrana | GIS Lead | Bachelor of Software Engineering, Information Technology | Universidad Privada de Santa Cruz de la Sierra |
| Mudethir El Hassan | Software Engineer | Bachelor of Science, Computer Science | University of Wollongong |
| Rida Asif | Software Engineer | Bachelor of Science, Computer Science | University of Wollongong |
| Snehil Ahuja | Software Engineer | Bachelor of Science, Computer Science | New York University |
