Development and design of an autonomous "green 4.0" sanitary station in the era of COVID-19 for northern construction and mining sites

Google translate: This project is based on close, long-term collaboration between the Technological Institute for Industrial Maintenance (ITMI) and Audace Technologies Inc. (ATI). Its main objective is to develop an automated, energy-autonomous sanitary station, intended for construction and mining sites and adapted to operating conditions in cold climates and isolated environments as well as to the main directives for the fight against COVID-19. Existing solutions on the market show very heavy cabinets, powered by diesel generators. Mobility is therefore compromised and the hand washing stations on the market are not adapted to the requirements for the fight against COVID-19 because they require pressing various buttons and pushers to be able to use them. So, the innovative approach of this project consists in integrating renewable energies and SE technologies supplying a sanitary installation by making it completely autonomous, automated and mobile. Elimination of the diesel generator will make the sanitary cabin easily transportable. Therefore, this project participates in the development of a hybrid and green energy system, very compact and easily deployable in northern or isolated environments. This automated and autonomous 4.0 sanitary station will ensure both the safety of workers and the reduction of GHG emissions representing a so-called "Green Industry 4.0" solution. The project will be carried out in four main phases. The first phase will be devoted to the analysis and preparation of the specifications for the sanitary facility. The second phase consists of the design of the components (mechanical, electromechanical and energetic) of the sanitary station. The third phase consists of manufacturing a prototype of the health station and testing on the Cégep de Sept-Îles site. The fourth phase consists of testing the prototype in real conditions on a construction site or mining site. Produced by a team of ITMI experts and supported by ATI's expertise, such a green and fully automated 4.0 health station will meet the requirements for protection against COVID-19, CSTC and RSST standards for construction sites in the North as well as the constraints of cold and isolated environments.]