Design Climate 2025-26 annual impact report showcases growth and achievements

Duke Design Climate recently published its 2025-26 annual impact report, capturing a year of growth, experimentation, and momentum as students, faculty, entrepreneurs, and partners worked together to advance climate innovation. From venture creation and prototyping to startup funding, industry partnerships, and student leadership development, Design Climate continues to demonstrate what is possible when education and real-world problem-solving intersect.

Highlights from this year’s report include

• Student-supported ventures securing funding and recognition through regional and national competitions
• The launch of Climate Tech Studio, expanding opportunities for hands-on prototyping and product development
• New partnerships across industry, academia, and the climate innovation ecosystem
• Student teams working on challenges ranging from grid modernization and data center cooling to biotechnology and sustainability technologies
• Continued growth of Duke’s climate innovation community and venture pipeline