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= Shimrit Perkol-Finke =

Life
Dr. Shimrit Perkol-Finkel is a marine biologist with expertise in the eco-engineering of coastal and marine infrastructure. Shimrit was recently awarded the prize of top 4 Women Innovators in 2019 and was selected for the We Empower awardee for her achievements regarding UN sustainable development goals. Shimrit passion with the ocean began at the age of 18 where she was able to experience the beauty of the coral reefs but at the same time witness their decline due to over-exploration, climate change and accelerated coastal development. Along side her partner and co-founder Dr. Ido Sella, they were able to create a solution.

Innovation
Founded in 2012 Eco-concrete offers a "suite of high performance environmentally sensitive concrete solutions that enhance the biological and ecological value of urban, coastal, and marine infrastructure while increasing their strength and durability". With half of the world's population living around coastal areas, a lot of stimulation around its development has inflicted stress on natural ecosystems as well as the threats in terms of rising sea level and increased storminess made Shimrit Perkol-Finkel tackle it. Eco-concerte offers various solutions to tackle this pain point which include:


 * ECO Armor Block
 * Tide Pool Armor
 * ECO Mats
 * ECO Seawall
 * Bio-Active Wall System
 * ECO Piles & Jackets
 * Admix

On top of providing all of these solutions Eco-concrete also provides services in order to maximizing the projects’ biological productivity, ecological efficiency, and structural performance. Examples of the services offer include: Consulting and design, Project Specific Product Development Supply of Materials and Products, Installation Supervision, Post Installation Monitoring, Knowledge Mediation.

Impact
Eco-concrete's impact has already been seen. In 2018, Shimrit's components were used to revive the port of Rotterdam(Netherlands) and within the first six months of instalment significant canopy algae has flourished. Another example of Eco-concrete's impact was in New York's, Brooklyn Bridge Park where tide pools were implemented. Since its implementation it created more hospitable habitats for algae, crabs, oysters and other marine life. Most currently Eco-concrete is working on a project to revive a pier in Fort Lauderdale.