Blue banner with white ribbon design celebrating 14 years of PlanetAides in 2026.

In 2012, our company’s founder, Bob Mellin, invented the first portable air conditioner hose exhaust sleeve. In a video published to YouTube, he showed why such a sleeve was necessary to efficiently cool a room. This sleeve is sold nationwide by PlanetAides.

PlanetAides is a company dedicated to “Helping The Planet Heal” by offering products and services which reduce the human impact on nature. We try to do our part in preserving natural resources, conserving energy, and recycling materials.

PlanetAides donates 100% of Profits from Cool-Aide Insulations sleeves to conserve rainforest and cloud forest at www.conserve.org in an effort to fight climate change and save endangered species.

Conserve.org offers each of us an opportunity to donate to purchase of a specific acre, in our name, at a low cost (about $50. per acre), complete with unique GPS coordinates, in endangered cloud forests and other locations worldwide.

Visit Conserve.org if you wish to donate to the purchase and conservation of an acre of land in your name, or that of a loved one.

Logo with a globe and a small plant growing from it, encircled by a black and white border, with the text "www.Conserve.Org" below.
A forest scene with dense green foliage and a large moss-covered tree with a white sign attached to it. The sign contains location, parcel, site, and color information. A fallen branch is leaning against the tree, and the ground is covered with leaves and small plants.