This station is a common research area for all ÉTS professors and their public or private partners with a total surface area of approximately 703 m2. STEPPE-ÉTS is dedicated to the development and pilot-scale validation of technologies (knowledge and practices) to protect the environment at the preventive, remedial and curative level in a systemic perspective and responsible evolution of human activities. To develop technologies, knowledge and acquire information to protect the environment, the STEPPE-ÉTS infrastructure includes a pilot hall for large-scale studies, two metrological laboratories, a biological laboratory, a computer lab and two rooms with controlled environment.
In addition to these spaces, STEPPE-ÉTS's functionalities make it possible to access a fleet of analytical equipment and pilot treatment or remediation processes (water, atmospheric emissions, soils, residual materials). If a partner so desires, STEPPE-ÉTS can also put him in touch with other services or appropriate human resources to improve his project.
At Polytechnique Montréal, the FCI-MELS grant has enabled the construction of analysis spaces, test wells, a Level 2 room for work on pathogenic organisms, fixed pilot installations, cold rooms and temperature controlled rooms, analytical chemistry, microbiology and environmental engineering rooms, and test halls, for an area of 800 m2 approximately. These spaces are dedicated to drinking water and wastewater treatment projects and complement existing facilities. Two laboratories for treating pulp and paper sludge by bio-drying are also used by CREDEAU researchers. The facilities available at the École de Technologie Supérieure, for a total area of approximately 800 m2, include a pilot hall for large-scale studies, an instrumentation laboratory and a wet laboratory for analysis, a microbiology laboratory, physics and weighing, a controlled environmental chamber to simulate seasonal conditions and a clean room for research in biotechnology and nanotechnology. A product and process design laboratory was built at the Université de Montréal at the André-Aisenstadt Pavilion in 2014. The computerized laboratory is equipped with the BALAS process simulation software to obtain off-site real time. A phytotechnology research infrastructure was also installed at the Montréal Botanical Garden in 2016. It will be used for phytotechnology work carried out by the Université de Montréal research team to develop water treatment processes. waste and sludge with plants.
