{"id":7542,"date":"2021-09-27T13:56:18","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T17:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentenergy.org\/?p=7542"},"modified":"2021-09-29T15:44:11","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T19:44:11","slug":"airee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentenergy.org\/airee\/","title":{"rendered":"AIREE: Mongolia &#8211; Sustainable Landscapes, Green City Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe G<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reenpreneurs 2021 program guided us in establishing customer recognition, customer value-based, experience-based customer segmentation, and target group recognition techniques. This program also introduced us to the concept of non-biased design thinking in any kind of business model.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Airee is a team of young activists and scientists integrating locally sourced wool air purifier with a natural algae air washer to prevent air pollution related diseases in the 2.3 million living in lethal air pollution. We are mobilizing the opportunity to improve nomads\u2019 livelihoods by creating a scalable value-added product out of sustainably sourced wool, a filter for indoor air purifiers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The modern lifestyle requires us to spend 80-90% of our time indoors. Ulaanbaatar population is exposed to building related diseases from poor ventilation and outdoor air pollution 100 times the WHO guidelines, where indoor air is five times worse than the outside. As a result, miscarriages are 3.6 times more likely to happen during pollution season and over 3,500 children suffer from pneumonia annually. Fresh air should not be a luxury. Especially in the safety of your own home or in the delivery room where your baby will take their first breath. We focus on the following 3 pillars of sustainability:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a participant in GREENPRENEURS 2021, we have a better understanding about the main concept of building environmentally friendly and sustainable business models. We learned that businesses should not only focus on profits, but should also look to solve social problems through benefiting certain groups (Mongolian rural area herders, National federations of pasture user group of herders).<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Prevention of indoor air pollution and related diseases <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Customer value]<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Reduce plastic wastes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> [Environmental impact]<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Improve local herders\u2019 livelihood <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Social impact]<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Airee is the first-ever organic algae and wool-based indoor air purifier and humidifier. It purifies and humidifies Mongolia\u2019s dry, non-ventilated indoor air using locally sourced sustainable raw materials.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe necessary infrastructure that will ease the assembly of our product has not been established in Mongolia. This means we currently need to prepare and supply our raw materials. However, we believe the formation of relevant NGOs and federations will open up many opportunities for us.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><b>Connect<\/b><\/h6>\n<p><strong>Airee.llc@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Greenpreneurs 2021 program guided us in establishing customer recognition, customer value-based, experience-based customer segmentation, and target group recognition techniques. 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