The Sure Chill Company - United Kingdom
Twitter: @Sure_Chill
To be effective, vaccines and medicines need to be kept between 2-8 ̊C at all times; the difference of a few degrees in storage temperature can mean the difference between life and death. In many parts of the world, keeping medicines cool is often a significant challenge as conventional refrigeration technologies are unsuited to unreliable grid power or off-grid alternatives. Ian Tansley co-founded The Sure Chill Company to fill this gap using two outstanding properties of water. When frozen, water has the ability to store large amounts of energy in a small space and, unlike any kind of battery, it can the 'charged' and discharged an infinite number of times. Using ice alone risks freezing the items being stored, a particular problem with storing vaccines. However, water has unusual density characteristics and is at its heaviest at 4C, allowing ice to float. Sure Chill refrigeration units produce a self-regulating system that uses natural convection to deliver a steady temperature of 4C and allows for the amount of ice to be modified. The fridge can continue to operate without power from a few days to a few weeks. There are currently thousands of Sure Chill devices deployed in 50 countries across the world, and Sure Chill is now seeking to provide its technology in communities that are off-grid or have weak grids across Africa and Asia.
UN Solutions Summit is an annual catalytic process culminating in a dynamic series of events at UN Headquarters in New York during UN General Assembly high-level week in September. This initiative lifts up the work of exceptional teams with innovative solutions that are already advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Sure Chill Company Initiative was selected as one of the 10 solutions for Solutions Summit 2019.
UN Solutions Summit involves lightning talks by innovators and entrepreneurs selected through an open, participatory process, as well as in-person accelerator sessions and social media interaction with several acceleration partners helping to scale the work of the solution-makers.
This year's UN Solutions Summit took place from 24-26 September for an hour each day in the UN SDG Media Zone – a live broadcast event space at the UN.
Thank you to the UN Solutions Summit 2019 sponsors for supporting travel for the solution-makers, and event production: H&M Foundation, Google for Startups, Barclays, and Ericsson.
The first UN Solutions Summit in 2015 immediately followed the adoption of the SDGs by all UN Member States. It showed that people already have extraordinary solutions in progress to our most complex challenges.
Find additional information about the selected entrepreneurs, and more at:
Twitter: @SDGsolutions
Facebook: @solutions.summit
Instagram: @UNsolutionssummit
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