Match data for amateur football. Cooling powered by heat.
Gaia Engineering and Technology is an Istanbul-based engineering company working on two technologies: Pitch IQ, a computer vision platform for amateur football pitches, and zeolite coatings for adsorption cooling systems.
Pitch IQ: the match data professionals get, for every halı saha game
Every evening, amateur 6 and 7-a-side games are played on artificial turf pitches across Türkiye, and almost none of them leave any data behind. Pitch IQ uses computer vision on match footage to track players and the ball and turn each game into statistics players can look back on.
Player and ball tracking
Computer vision models detect and follow each player and the ball across the whole match.
Match statistics
Tracking data becomes player and team statistics such as movement, possession and key events.
Built for amateur pitches
Designed around the cameras, lighting and pitch sizes of real halı saha venues, not stadiums.
Cooling driven by heat, held in zeolite pores
We develop zeolite coatings for adsorption chillers and heat pumps that run on solar thermal energy and industrial waste heat instead of electrically driven compressors. The work grew out of research at Istanbul Technical University and, since 2023, has been developed further with CNR Italy and an industrial partner in Germany.
How adsorption cooling works
- 1
Evaporation
Water evaporates at low pressure and draws heat from the space or fluid being cooled.
- 2
Adsorption
The zeolite coating takes up the vapour, keeping the pressure low so evaporation continues.
- 3
Regeneration
Low-grade heat from solar collectors or waste heat streams drives the water back out of the pores.
- 4
Condensation
The released vapour condenses and returns to the evaporator, and the cycle starts again.
Why the coating matters. How fast heat and vapour move through the adsorbent sets the power density of the whole machine. A thin, well-bonded zeolite layer grown directly on the metal surface shortens these paths compared with loose grains or pellets.
- EP 3 894 613
- Granted European patent on zeolite coatings
- Peer-reviewed
- Published research on zeolite coatings and membranes
- EU partners
- CNR Italy and an industrial partner in Germany
Work with us
We are talking to pitch operators interested in piloting Pitch IQ, and to partners for adsorption cooling projects and research collaborations.
taylan.maras@gaia-engineering.ist