NASA Space Apps Challenge 2025 | Team COS | Nepal 🇳🇵
Using NASA FIRMS data to cut donor approvals from 10+ days to 3 with audit‑ready reports, saving $2M per project.
- 🎥 Demo Video (30s)
- 📑 Judge Brief (PDF)
- 📘 Book Preview (PDF)
- 📊 Slides (≤7)
- 💻 Code & Docs (GitHub)
- 🌍 NASA FIRMS Data
COS Approval Tracker is an ethical, compliance‑sensitive governance tool that integrates NASA FIRMS (Fire Information for Resource Management System) data into donor and ESG approval workflows.
By validating fire risk in real time and generating audit‑ready JSON reports, the platform reduces approval timelines from 10+ days to just 3, preventing costly delays and enabling climate‑aware decision‑making.
- 🔥 Real‑time fire risk validation (NASA FIRMS)
- 📑 Audit‑ready JSON reports for banks, donors, and regulators
- ⚡ 60% faster approvals
- 💰 $2M+ in delays prevented per project cycle
- 🌱 Direct support for SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities) and SDG 13 (Climate Action)
- Frontend: React Native
- Backend: Node.js
- Database & Auth: Firebase / Firestore
- APIs: NASA FIRMS
- Other Tools: Docker, Google Cloud
- ⏱️ Reduced donor approval time: 10+ days → 3 days
- 💰 Prevented $2M+ in delays per project cycle
- 🌱 Strengthened ESG compliance and SDG alignment
- 🌍 Scalable beyond construction into finance, infrastructure, and sustainability
COS Approval Tracker is built on the COS methodology and SMART tools developed by Susil Bhandari, CCM, and documented in his book:
An Approach to Construction Management Challenges: Integrating Digital, ESG, and SMART Frameworks
Key Concepts from the Book:
- COS Dashboards → compliance checkpoints and audit‑ready outputs
- SMART Action Registers → accountability with measurable triggers
- Case Studies → real‑world results from Nepal, Bahrain, and Qatar
- Scalability → adaptable frameworks for ESG, digital, and global governance
What it does:
Transforms NASA FIRMS satellite data into transparent, bank‑ready compliance outputs.
Benefits:
- Faster donor approvals
- Reduced financial risk
- Strengthened ESG compliance
- Scalable across multiple sectors
Intended Impact:
Enable faster, climate‑aware decision‑making for infrastructure and urban development projects worldwide.
Creativity:
Extends the COS methodology into a universal compliance solution that bridges space data, ESG, and governance.
Factors Considered:
- Audit‑readiness and transparency
- ESG integration and SDG alignment
- Scalability across sectors and geographies
- Ethical AI use (support only, no core logic)
- Professional codes of ethics and global compliance standards
See full details in ETHICS.md.
Summary:
- AI tools were used only as supportive accelerators, never as originators.
- All outputs were reviewed and validated against the original COS methodology authored by Susil Bhandari, CCM.
- No AI‑generated code, NASA data manipulation, or branding elements were used.
- All final outputs are ethical, audit‑ready, and fully compliant with NASA Space Apps guidelines.
- Susil Bhandari, CCM — Technical & Compliance Lead
- Akshata Adhikari — Outreach Lead
Proudly representing Nepal 🇳🇵 in NASA Space Apps Challenge 2025.
See the full development roadmap here: ROADMAP.md
Explore real‑world applications of COS methodology: CASESTUDIES.md
Susil Bhandari, CCM is a Certified Construction Manager, founder of CM Academy, and developer of the COS (Compliance Operating System) methodology. With over 20 years of international project leadership across Nepal, Bahrain, and Qatar, he specializes in compliance, governance, and ESG integration.
He is the author of An Approach to Construction Management Challenges: Integrating Digital, ESG, and SMART Frameworks and creator of the COS Approval Tracker, a digital tool recognized at NASA Space Apps Challenge 2025.
Through CM Academy, Susil delivers training, consulting, and scalable compliance solutions that are audit‑ready, ethical, and globally adaptable, serving both professional organizations and communities worldwide.
This project is submitted under the terms of the NASA Space Apps Challenge 2025.
All external resources are credited, and all original work is owned by Team COS.