CFPs: Space for Monitoring Hazardous Materials

This includes identifying contaminated sites, monitoring toxic material degradation and providing predictive insights for proactive remediation efforts.

Aims

• The initiative aims to address regulatory mandates and health concerns by leveraging advanced monitoring technologies.

Scope

• The scope covers various hazardous substances, including:
  • asbestos
  • heavy metals
  • chemical pollutants
  • radioactive waste
• A particular emphasis is placed on compliance with international and national regulations.

Challenge

• Hazardous materials pose significant risks to human health and the environment, necessitating systematic monitoring and safe removal strategies. International and national regulations mandate the safe handling of these substances, and companies must invest in advanced monitoring technologies to comply with these regulations and to protect workers.

Topics

• Environmental and public health monitoring
  • Hazardous substances, such as asbestos, pose significant risks to nearby populations, especially in areas that have historical contamination or improper disposal practices. It highlights the need for systematic environmental monitoring, safe demolition practices and secure waste containment to mitigate these risks.
• Regulatory compliance and risk management
  • Strict frameworks govern the safe handling, monitoring, and disposal of hazardous materials to protect public health and the environment. Space-based technologies have an important role in enabling large-scale monitoring and data-driven risk management to ensure regulatory compliance, and proactive mitigation strategies.
• Workplace and occupational safety
  • Employees face health risks working in environments with hazardous materials during construction, demolition, or industrial processes. This underscores the importance of advanced tools and strategies, including space-based technologies, to monitor and manage risks in real time, ensuring compliance with workplace safety standards.

Funding Information

• They offer funding and support to companies, both for business case assessment and for the development of new, space-based services. Their offer includes:
  • Technical & commercial guidance
  • Access to their network and partners
  • Use of the ESA brand for your service
  • Zero-equity funding
  • Each selected activity will receive 75% funding by the European Space Agency of up to 75k EUR

What they are looking for?

• Kickstart Activities explore the business opportunity and the technical viability of new applications and services that make use of one or more space assets (e.g. Satellite Communications, Satellite Navigation, Earth Observation, Human Spaceflight Technology).
• This call is open to companies that intend to develop space-enabled applications and services to support and evidence environmental claims and labelling for the monitoring of hazardous materials.

For more information, visit ESA.