By NoCamels Team
April 12, 2021 3 minutes
Environment NewsNews Briefs
Screenshot of the ECOncrete, the Israeli company that develops sustainable concrete for building ecologically friendly coastal and marine infrastructure projects.
Israel’s ECOncrete, a company that provides technology for coastal and marine infrastructure, was selected as one of the Bloomberg New Energy (BNEF) Pioneers for 2021. For the last decade, the BNEF Pioneers award has been essential in highlighting exciting innovations in clean, energy, transportation, and more.
The Israeli firm was one of 12 “early-stage companies that are pursuing exciting and important low-carbon opportunities,” according to BloombergNEF (BNFEW), Bloomberg’s primary research service, covering clean energy, advanced transport, digital industry, innovative materials, and commodities.
Shoshanna Solomon is The Times of Israel s Startups and Business reporter
Instead of building concrete blocks, which are bad for marine ecology, damaging the fish, oyster and coral ecosystems, ECOncrete uses a technique known as bio-mimicry – concrete products which embed the shapes and textures of natural systems (YouTube screenshot)
ECOncrete, an Israeli environmental infrastructure startup that has developed high quality, cost effective sustainable concrete for building ecologically friendly coastal and marine infrastructure projects, has been named by BloombergNEF as one of 12 2021 BNEF Pioneers.
The title is conferred on “early-stage companies that are pursuing exciting and important low-carbon opportunities,” the program organizers said in a statement. The program was set up more than a decade ago to highlight “important, pioneering” ecofriendly innovations.