Climate Tech Discovery Sprint

Climate & Sustainability Product Discovery

You may have a feature list, funding deadline, or stakeholder request, but the use case, data, user workflow, and adoption path are not yet clear enough to estimate responsibly.

Scope the pilot before you build. Projects become risky when a budget is requested before the work is defined.

Common gaps

Questions to answer before development

Common patterns in companies, impact startups, and public-sector innovation

Vague scope, hard deadline

Someone needs a number for budget or a grant, while users, data, and success criteria are still fuzzy.

Workflow still in Excel

Climate or sustainability work already happens across spreadsheets, emails, and disconnected tools, often with no clear owner.

AI overpromised

Vendors and demos look fluent. It is unclear what can be automated safely and where human review is required.

Build vs buy unclear

Open source, internal tooling, and vendor software all sound plausible; the integration and adoption path is not.

No budget owner

Pain sits in one department; budget and IT ownership sit in another. The first pilot needs a door into that reality.

How the Discovery Sprint works

Step 1: Frame the problem

We nail the actual problem, stakeholders, and what 'good' would look like for a first pilot.

Step 2: Map users, data, and workflow

We document who uses what today, where data lives, and where the process breaks.

Step 3: Feasibility and risks

Technical, AI, adoption, and organizational risks, including what not to automate.

Step 4: Pilot backlog and options

A practical first version, architecture sketch, and implementation options with open budget logic after the scoping call.

Relevant experience

What we bring

Product discovery with climate-domain and delivery experience

User and workflow focus

We start from who will use the tool day to day, not from a feature list or a demo.

Data and AI feasibility

We assess what data exists, what is missing, and what current AI can reliably do for the decision.

Delivery experience in the network

Our team and network bring long software, AI, and UX delivery experience, applied on climate and sustainability work including Score4More, AdaptNow, and Actwyser.

Link to deeper capabilities

When the pilot is clear, we can connect the work to ESG consulting, climate risk assessment, data analytics, or AI implementation. We may also recommend another provider.

Sprint outputs

What you get

Typical outputs from the Climate Tech Discovery Sprint

Use-case definition

The problem worth solving and the decision or workflow it supports.

User and stakeholder map

Users, buyers, influencers, and blockers.

Data and workflow assessment

What exists, what is missing, and how work happens today.

Feasibility and risk assessment

AI opportunities and limits, adoption risks, technical constraints.

Pilot backlog

A first version that can be estimated and tested.

Architecture sketch and options

Build, buy, open source, or hybrid, with a recommended path.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is this for?

Sustainability and climate-risk teams, impact startups, public-sector innovation teams, research consortia, and companies considering AI or open-source climate tooling.

How is this priced?

Scope and price are agreed after a 60-minute scoping call. We do not publish fixed package prices.

Is this the same as a free workshop?

No. This is a paid discovery engagement once scope is clear. The scoping call is the low-friction first step.

What if Boundary & Product is a better fit?

If the collaboration lane or product-vs-service boundary is the main unknown, start with the Boundary & Product Sprint instead.

What comes after discovery?

Often a prototype, implementation project, benchmark of an AI pipeline, or a stop recommendation. We keep that explicit.

Scope a pilot before you build

Book a 60-minute scoping call. We will determine whether Discovery is the right package or point you elsewhere.

We usually reply within a few working days to schedule.

Book a 60-minute scoping call

Describe the idea or pressure you are under. We will help define whether a Discovery Sprint is the right next step.