Selected for Santander X Explorer 2026
Current stage: ideation and validation
Smart air quality monitoring for industry. Prevent, don't react.
ESMADA Air proposes continuous particulate matter monitoring, anticipating dust episodes with AI and triggering control measures, such as road watering, before a limit is exceeded.
An early-stage project designed for mining, quarries and industries with dust emissions.
The problem
Dust management is still reactive
Most operations measure in one-off campaigns and find out about the problem when there is already a complaint or an exceedance.
Sporadic measurements
Semi-annual or quarterly campaigns that don't show what is happening in the operation today.
Regulatory risk
Without timely data, exceedances are detected late and can end in fines or shutdowns.
Community relations
Dust episodes reach neighbors first, and the company responds once the complaint has already been made.
The solution
From data to action, without waiting for the report
The proposal: a network of low-cost stations connected to a platform that interprets the data and decides when to act.
From campaign monitoring to continuous monitoring
Continuous monitoring
PM2.5, PM10 and meteorology every few minutes, 24 hours a day.
AI analysis
Cross-references concentrations with wind and activity to estimate causes and forecast peaks.
Early warnings
WhatsApp or email alerts when the trend approaches the regulatory limit.
Automatic control
Triggers watering or other measures in the affected sector, logging every action.
Measure
Sensors on the perimeter, roads and work fronts.
Interpret
AI combines air quality, wind and operational data.
Anticipate
Alert before the exceedance, not after.
Act and log
Automatic control measure and evidence for the authority.
Platform
A dashboard to run day-to-day operations and report compliance
This is how we envision the dashboard. It is a mockup with illustrative data, designed to show how it would work.
Estimated PM10 dispersion
Illustrative estimate from a simplified Gaussian model, in the style of AERMOD outputs. Generic base map, no real locations.
Wind rose (30 days)
Tap a sector of the rose to simulate that wind on the map.
Daily PM10 vs. regulatory limit
Station network
Who it's for
Dusty operations, nearby communities and reporting requirements
Mining and quarries
Mid-sized operations that need to control dust on roads, work fronts and plants, and demonstrate compliance.
Environmental consultancies
Teams that want to add continuous monitoring and automated reports to the services they already offer.
Public agencies
Low-cost networks that complement official stations and extend coverage.
Where we are
An early-stage project, validating the idea
ESMADA Air is in the ideation stage. Through Santander X Explorer 2026 we are validating the problem and the value proposition with lean startup methods before building the first prototype.
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1Current stage
Ideation and validation
Problem definition, value proposition and validation of the idea with lean methods.
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Prototype
Design and testing of the first station and the dashboard.
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Pilot
Deployment in a real operation to measure the impact.
Who builds it
Born from years of air quality studies in mining
Lautaro Bentivenga
I have worked in air quality since 2021. I have carried out dispersion modeling, dust management plans and emission reduction plans for coal, PGM, chrome and nickel mines in South Africa, as well as impact studies and monitoring for quarries and industry in Argentina.
In those projects I always saw the same problem: data arrives late and the report describes what has already happened. ESMADA Air aims to make information useful for acting in the moment. I will build the software myself, drawing on previous experience with AI agents, databases and integrations.
Pilot program
We are looking for operations interested in the first pilot
If you manage an operation with dust emissions or advise someone who does, leave your details: it helps us validate the idea, and we will contact you when we set up the pilot.
You can also write directly to parsion.ee@gmail.com.
ESMADA Air · Environmental Smart Monitoring and Data Analysis. Aligned with SDG 13, Climate Action. A project by Parsion Environment & Engineering.