PREVIOUS EDITIONS
The first edition of the Space for Sustainability Award took place in 2013. Since then, 22 young and promising teams have won the first place or received a special mention from the jury. On this page you will find the winning project ideas and their reports (PDF).
Fiona Poda
Satellite-AI Integration:
Sustainable Urbanisation and Wildlife Migration Management
Jury Special Mention 2024
José Pedro De Sousa Ferreira
Spacecraft Reentry as a Source of Atmospheric Pollutants
Winner 2023
Minguye Yuan
Understanding and evaluating the consequences of greening across the Arctic
Jury Special Mention 2022
Andrew Ross Wilson &
Audrey Berquand
SEA from Space: Coastal Management via Satellites
Winner 2021
Esha
Self-cremating Satellite: A solution to reduce lifetime of space debris
Jury Special Mention 2021
Coralie Brival &
Martín García Pérez
SedimenTerra: An Assessment Tool for Sediment Monitoring
Winner 2020
Pedro Neves &
Maria Inês Vaz
Containing Wildfires with Satellites
Jury Special Mention 2020
Simon Vilms Pedersen
AnthroAm Sentinel: Mitigation of Anthropogenic Emission of Ammonia in Agriculture
Winner 2019
Tom Mladenov
Smart Satellite and AIS Enabled Environmental Sensing Buoys for the Arctic
Jury Special Mention 2019
Ariane Bouilly, Romain Estève & Olivier Ferrage
BeeSat: Enhancing Pollination Efficiency
Winner 2018
Katherine Bruce &
Gabriele De Canio
Agronomia: Using Satellites to Unlock Europe's Untapped Resource
Winner 2017
Cristian Lazar
Traffic Eyes from Above: Safe Driving when Visibility is Precarious
Jury Special Mention 2016
Alexandru Georgescu
Space Applications for European Heritage Site Conservation
Jury Special Mention 2015
Sophie Damy
A Satellite-based Optimisation of the European Freight Transport Network
Winner 2014
Yuuki Peters
The Terra Recovery Project: Turning Yesterday’s Waste into Tomorrow’s Product
Jury Special Mention 2014
Dr. Jeannette Heiligers
Eyes on the Poles: a Continuous Hemispherical View of the Polar Regions
Jury Special Mention 2013