WEO

Environmental Analytics for All from Space

About us

WEO create environmental analytics from satellites. We harness the power of data from space and AI to help build a more sustainable future for all, whilst prioritising values of integrity and innovation in a challenging and fun environment.

We specialise in tackling major environmental challenges, such as water resource management, growing urban forests, preparing for natural disasters and adapting to climate change using Earth Observation data to provide frequently updated, affordable and actionable insights to our clients.

Solutions

Urban Forestry

Resilient Cities

Vegetation Management near Infrastructure

Latest

Winners!

WEO win in the SPOTTED CEF 2×1 Hackathon - giving us the opportunity to work with the cities of Helsinki, Milan and Naples

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Learn more about us

WEO was recently featured in the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce's Merkur magazine with an article 'Une Pluie de Conseils'

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Winners!

WEO win at Copernicus Masters awards in Rome! WEO win the DLR Environment and Energy Challenge at a ceremony in Rome.

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Honoured

WEO is honoured to have received the ICT award for best use of AI and data at the #ItOneGala2022

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Exciting

We have hit 1000 followers on Linkedin! Check out our page to see what the fuss is about

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Movers and Shakers

What a STAR! Our very own Charlotte Wirion, CTO and cofounder of WEO has been named one of the Paperjam #Tech100 to follow this year! Keep shining and doing what you do!

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On The Road

Imeshi and Rowan travelled to the Barcelona Smart City World Expo to spread the word about the possibilities of satellite-driven data for Smarter and Greener Cities

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Podcast Out Now

Check out this episode of the Start Up Corner Podcast featuring our very own Dr Charlotte Wirion (note: is in Luxembourgish)

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We Are Scaling Up

Excited to be working with the great team from ScaleUp4Europe based in Munich

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New article out now

Open-source Data and AI for A Greener Planet: Great to be featured in the new edition of Silicon Luxembourg

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Jury's Favourite

WEO wins StartUp Stories Final 2021 Jury's Favourite award!

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WEO speaks at COP26!

Solving the climate crisis requires innovative solutions - so WEO was proud to join the COP26 Space Pavilion to show how Space Data can help fight climate change.

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WEO Wins StartUp Stories

WEO wins Round 3 of StartUp Stories Luxembourg. Bring on the final!

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WEO Kicks Off Smart Urban Tree Management Project

WEO has launched an urban tree management project partnered with Ville de Luxembourg and with the support of the European Space Agency and Luxembourg Space Agency.

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Trees saved my family during Lockdown. Now I want to give back

Rowan from WEO writes about his families experience during lockdown and how he wants to give back by developing tools to improve tree health in our citties.

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Green roofs to cool and brighten our cities

Where can we install green roofs in our cities? The city of Melbourne, Australia mapped the green roof potential of every building in the city. They found the potential for 500 football fields of green roofs and 1 Million solar panels.

Interested in doing the same in your municipality? Come speak to us at WEO.

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Free Webinar

How can IoT, Citizen Science and Remote Sensing be used for urban water management? Join WEO CTO Dr Charlotte Wirion, Prof. Remko Uijlenhoet (TU Delft) and Dr. Boud Verbeiren (SBGE, VUB) to learn more in this free webinar

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Our team

Charlotte Wirion

Founder and CTO

Since a young age, Charlotte has been fascinated by water, which was a main interest during her studies as environmental engineer. Her PhD/postdoctoral research explored the potential of Earth Observation data for its application in water resource management.
Imeshi Weerasinghe

Founder and CEO

With a background in telecommunication and water resource engineering as well as international business and economics and project management experience, Imeshi's focus lies in helping to ensure water security for all.
Rowan Steele

Business Development Manager

An experienced project developer and manager, with more than 8 years’ experience at a major Australian water utility. He is passionate about the importance of promoting urban forests and good water management in response to climate change.
Frankwin van Winsen

Head of Development

Throughout his academic career in environmental social science and his professional career focusing on Earth observation and AI, Frankwin has been enthusiastic about turning data into knowledge to support sustainable development and to help tackle environmental challenges

Thierry Nicola

Senior Software Engineer

Thierry started coding as a six years old. His passion for technology, programming and automating processes has grown during his studies in Switzerland. Always eager to learn and to put his skills to good use.
Adelene Lai

Software Engineer

Adelene loves leveraging data to answer important environmental questions. At WEO, she focuses on delivering software solutions to make this possible. Her PhD developed algorithms and workflows for analysing environmental chemical data.
Nicola Aimane Dimarco

Intern

Nicola is a GIS engineering student with an interest in AI and Earth Observation. He is passionate about turning data into information and revealing patterns.
Olivier de La Guéronnière

Director

Olivier has 10 years experience providing a transversal vision allowing for practical, comprehensive and tailor-made solutions to an extremely diversified portfolio of international clients working in different business sectors.