When you take a look at concrete structures on the coast, break waters, or sea walls you’ll see that the water that surrounds it is mostly blue and clear. You’d think this would be a positive for our beaches, but that is not the case. However, these areas are non-sustainable for marine species that are abundant in coastal lands due to human involvement.

 

So, when humans interfere in these ecosystems, marine life is pushed out and the natural marine communities continue to decline. An Israeli startup now has revolutionized their urban coast lines. They’ve done this by replacing the human construction coastlines, which usually involves concrete construction, but have created special cement formulas that promote life and sustainability that replace the previous sea walls.

This concrete wall breaker enhances marine life the same way one sees sustainability thrive in a reef of other coastal wildlife areas. These manmade structures are called e concrete, and they double the rate of wildlife within their marine coast areas!

This allows shorelines to become sustainable for marine wild life and serve the same purpose as previous concrete structures. The concrete will create niches for wild life, which promotes the survival of endangered species by mimicking the area they are mostly found in. Overtime, E concrete adds another advantage where the growth of the organisms on the structures creates an additional weight to the sustainable structured walls that withstand the waters force.

This allow the wall structures to last longer than regular concrete structure that are placed in the waters. This is called biogenic build up that with time will eventually create a stronger and better surface to the structures and eventually this will turn them into reefs. The goal is to offset the immense carbon emissions that concrete is responsible for, which is about 11 percent of the carbon footprint humans create. This green technology is moving into other concrete structures that serve their previous purpose, but also provides a more sustainable natural life to its surroundings, such as fountains and wells. Over time, these structures will prove to be more sustainable than their out of date concrete counterparts.