Collective Infrastructures creates low‑cost, DIY kits for renewable energy, water purification, sanitation, and education, enabling neighborhoods to build and maintain essential services themselves. Its MapMyConcern mobile app and GIS‑based visualization platform let communities crowdsource and analyze location‑based data on hazards and infrastructure gaps, supporting participatory planning for NGOs, schools, health centers, and municipal agencies.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Communities worldwide lack affordable, reliable infrastructure for essential services such as energy, water, sanitation, and communication, especially during and after climate‑related disasters. This deficiency leads to social inequities, reduced resilience, and limited capacity for local decision‑making.
Solution
Collective Infrastructures (CI) develops low‑cost, DIY physical infrastructure kits and accompanying digital tools that enable neighborhoods to build and maintain their own energy, water, health, and education resources. The organization engages directly with residents to co‑design solutions that fit local socioeconomic and environmental contexts. CI’s MapMyConcern mobile app lets community members capture and geo‑tag photos, video, audio, and text about local hazards and service gaps, creating a crowdsourced dataset. This data is visualized on GIS‑based maps, providing actionable insights for community groups, planners, and public agencies. By combining modular hardware with open‑source software, CI empowers users to monitor, analyze, and improve critical infrastructure without relying on external providers.
Target Audience
Primary users are community organizations, local NGOs, schools, health centers, and municipal agencies seeking affordable, participatory infrastructure solutions and data-driven planning tools.
Features
- Modular DIY kits for renewable energy, water purification, sanitation, and educational facilities that can be assembled with minimal technical expertise
- MapMyConcern mobile application for crowdsourced collection of multimedia, location‑based data on infrastructure needs and disaster impacts
- GIS‑enabled visualization platform that aggregates community‑generated data into interactive maps for analysis and planning
- Customizable survey templates covering sectors such as energy, water, health, transportation, and emergency services
- Consulting services that integrate grassroots insights with professional engineering and scientific analysis to design context‑appropriate solutions