News, stories and updates from MEER.
Field deployments, scientific research, international conferences, partnerships, community projects and organisational milestones.
More stories
19 stories
MEER India Team Participates in Land2Heat Symposium at FLAME University
The MEER India team attended the Land2Heat Symposium at FLAME University in Pune, joining researchers, policymakers and community stakeholders to explore the growing challenge of urban heat in rapidly expanding peri-urban areas.
Read story
MEER India hosts five-day student workshop on climate adaptation and passive cooling
A five-day workshop introduced students to the science, engineering and community dimensions of climate adaptation — combining lectures on surface cooling and reflective materials with hands-on rooftop activities and community site visits.
Read story
MEER Presents Educational Resources to Partner School in Sierra Leone
MEER's Founder and Chief Scientist, Dr. Ye Tao, presented educational resources to Christ Salvation Mennonite Academy School in Aberdeen, Freetown, in recognition of the school's outstanding support for MEER's research activities.
Read story
Fifteen journalists tour MEER India's Pune office and field installation site
MEER India welcomed 15 journalists to its Pune office and field installation site for an on-ground introduction to reflective cooling and broader climate adaptation work — with detailed discussion of durability, scalability and the lived reality of extreme urban heat.
Read story
From Freetown to Xi'an: Professor Benjamin Sovacool showcases MEER research at international conference
At the 2026 International Conference on Solar Radiation Modification in Xi'an, Professor Benjamin K. Sovacool presented MEER's Sierra Leone research as part of his plenary — bringing work that began in Freetown to one of the world's leading scientific conferences on climate intervention.
Read story
Healthy Climate Initiative founders visit MEER India's field installations
Dr. Soumitra Das and Rituraj Phukan of the Healthy Climate Initiative visited MEER India's ongoing field installations, meeting resident Rani whose home has been fitted with reflective roofing and discussing maintenance, cost and long-term durability.
Read story
Fergusson College students visit MEER India's Hanuman Nagar field site
Led by Bunny and Samiksha, MEER India hosted graduate students from Fergusson College at the Hanuman Nagar demonstration site, where reflective rooftop sheets are already installed on tin-roofed homes in the informal settlement.
Read story
A simple rooftop experiment: reflective sheets, sunlight and melting ice cream
Two identical glass boxes, one topped with MEER reflective sheets and one with a standard roof, produced a clear 1.6–2°C difference in internal temperature — visibly slowing how quickly ice cream melted inside.
Read story
Exploring bamboo as a low-carbon construction material for passive cooling
MEER's Pune team is investigating bamboo — widely available across India and long used in local building traditions — as a low-carbon material for shading canopies and rooftop passive cooling structures.
Read story
Rooftop adhesive trial: finding safe, durable ways to secure reflective film
The India team applied several adhesive samples to reflective film on a corrugated galvanised roof, testing which bonding methods — ideally simple or naturally derived — best withstand heat, dust, humidity and daily temperature swings.
Read story
"It makes it possible to rest inside your own house": community voices from an India field site
At an experimental site where MEER reflective sheets have been installed on family homes, Mr. Rajput — brother of a resident — described the noticeably cooler afternoons his sister's family now experiences under the adapted roof.
Read story
Pioneering sustainability: testing composite beams at Aberdeen Beach
Trainees on Freetown's upcycling program took a new bamboo-and-PET composite beam into the surf at Aberdeen Beach to test its buoyancy, load capacity and durability.
Read story
Dr. Benjamin K. Sovacool visits MEER's experimental sites in Freetown
Professor of Energy Policy at the University of Sussex, Dr. Sovacool spent two days touring MEER's upcycling, passive-cooling and hectare-scale sites across Freetown.
Read story
MEER shines at Aavishkar — Pune's premier university research convention
The MEER India team presented at the Avishkar Competition at Fergusson College, taking Mirrors for Earth's Energy Rebalancing into the Pure Sciences category.
Read story
MEER India advances to the zonal level of the Aavishkar competition
Represented by Yukta Pandey and Rajat Kumar Singh, the MEER India team progressed to the zonal round of the prestigious Aavishkar research competition.
Read story
Gearing up for the Aberdeen Roundabout: the Freetown team's preparatory exam
Ahead of installing a reflective park canopy at Freetown's Aberdeen roundabout, the MEER Freetown team sat a two-part examination to prove they were ready for the build.
Read story
Empowering change: an upcycling session with the Dorothy Springer Trust
Ten disabled students from the Dorothy Springer Trust joined the MEER team at Aberdeen for a hands-on introduction to upcycling and reflective canopy construction.
Read story
Rose Taylor's 28-mile, 45-bridge challenge for MEER
Rose Taylor walked 28 miles across 45 bridges to raise funds for MEER — exceeding her goal and raising over £2,000 for surface-cooling projects.
Read story
MEER in India: a two-week workshop at Fergusson College
Dr. Ye Tao delivered a lecture at Fergusson College, Pune on 16 September 2023, followed by a two-week workshop on MEER sheet science, safety and rooftop application.
Read story