BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260717T085230Z UID:0B4AF0E8-513C-440B-9EAC-4A92926CB079 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260811T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260811T190000 DESCRIPTION:“Heat Adaptation in Practice: Community-Facing Approaches to Extreme Heat in Singapore and India”\n\nwith Veerappan Swaminathan\, CEO of SL2 Group\, Singapore\n\nDate/Time: Tuesday\, August 11\, 6pm – 7 pm Pacific Time\n\nAbstract:\n\nExtreme heat is an increasingly urgent clima te adaptation challenge\, especially for older adults and heat-vulnerable households living in dense urban and tropical environments. While heat res ilience is often discussed through the lens of policy\, urban planning\, o r public health\, effective adaptation also depends on practical socio-tec hnical systems that can work in real homes\, care facilities\, and communi ties.\n\nThis talk will share lessons from two ongoing community-facing pr ojects: StayCool in Singapore\, which combines heat and humidity sensors\, physiological wearables\, an app\, heat alerts\, and trained volunteers t o support vulnerable households\; and a heat adaptation project at Muthiyo r Nanban Home in Tamil Nadu\, India\, which uses site assessment\, environ mental measurement\, stakeholder engagement\, and targeted interventions t o improve thermal comfort for elderly residents. The talk will highlight i mplementation lessons for engineers interested in climate resilience\, sen sing\, community systems\, and adaptation in practice.\n\nSpeaker(s): Veer appan Swaminathan\, \n\nAgenda: \n6:00 pm Introduction\n\n7:00 pm Adjourn\ n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/568260 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/568260 ORGANIZER:e.perkins@ieee.org SEQUENCE:18 SUMMARY:SusTech Talk August 2026 – Heat Adaptation in Practice: Community -Facing Approaches to Extreme Heat in Singapore and India URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/568260 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p style="text-align: center\;"><span style=" font-size: 18pt\;"><strong>&ldquo\;Heat Adaptation in Practice: Community- Facing Approaches to Extreme Heat in Singapore and India&rdquo\;</strong>< /span></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;">with <strong>Veerappan Swamina than</strong>\, CEO of SL2 Group\, Singapore</p>\n<p style="text-align: ce nter\;"><strong>Date/Time:</strong> Tuesday\, August 11\, 6pm &ndash\; 7 p m Pacific Time</p>\n<p><strong>Abstract:</strong></p>\n<p style="text-alig n: justify\;">Extreme heat is an increasingly urgent climate adaptation ch allenge\, especially for older adults and heat-vulnerable households livin g in dense urban and tropical environments. While heat resilience is often discussed through the lens of policy\, urban planning\, or public health\ , effective adaptation also depends on practical socio-technical systems t hat can work in real homes\, care facilities\, and communities.</p>\n<p st yle="text-align: justify\;">This talk will share lessons from two ongoing community-facing projects: StayCool in Singapore\, which combines heat and humidity sensors\, physiological wearables\, an app\, heat alerts\, and t rained volunteers to support vulnerable households\; and a heat adaptation project at Muthiyor Nanban Home in Tamil Nadu\, India\, which uses site a ssessment\, environmental measurement\, stakeholder engagement\, and targe ted interventions to improve thermal comfort for elderly residents. The ta lk will highlight implementation lessons for engineers interested in clima te resilience\, sensing\, community systems\, and adaptation in practice.< /p>\n<p style="text-align: justify\;">&nbsp\;</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br / ><p>6:00 pm Introduction</p>\n<p>7:00 pm Adjourn</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR