Building Tomorrow from the Sea: The Kelp Revolution

Imagine a construction material that doesn't just minimize harm to our planet but actively heals it. With SeaBrick and Kelp Island, we've turned this vision into reality using KelpStone and SeaBrickârevolutionary materials grown from the ocean's most dynamic renewable resource: kelp, which grows up to 2 feet per day. Unlike slow-renewing timber or carbon-intensive concrete, our kelp-based solutions represent a quantum leap in sustainable construction.

Through patented mobile manufacturing systems deployed near coastal kelp farms, we've created a closed-loop production model transforming fast-growing seaweed into:

KelpStone: A high-performance alternative to concrete with 60 MPa compressive strength (3x standard concrete) at half the weight, dramatically reducing transportation emissions while sequestering COâ in every block.

SeaBrick: Interlocking, buoyant building units engineered for marine resilience, with 50% sequestered carbon content by mass, turning coastal infrastructure into carbon sinks.

Why This Changes Everything

Speed of Renewal: Forests take decades to regrow; kelp farms regenerate weekly, creating an inexhaustible supply chain that improves ocean ecosystems.

Climate Action Built-In: Each ton of KelpStone used removes 2.4 tons of COâ from the oceanâmaking buildings part of the climate solution.

Community-Centered Production: Our mobile manufacturing units empower coastal communities, including First Nations partners, to become both growers and builders, decentralizing construction economies.

Developed through seven iterations with UBC's Materials Engineering Department, SeaBrick is now undergoing final field trials for Technology Readiness Level 9 certification.

Early applications demonstrate unparalleled versatility:

Disaster Relief: Rapid-deployment housing units that float if necessary.

Coastal Defense: Wave-absorbing breakwaters enhancing marine habitats.

Mainstream Construction: Carbon-negative commercial and residential buildings blending aesthetics with ethics.

The SeaBrick Advantage

50% faster production than conventional materials through continuous kelp harvests.

30% cost reduction over project lifecycles when factoring in carbon credits.

Zero habitat destruction compared to sand mining for concrete.

We're not just creating new materials â we're pioneering a new relationship between human construction and marine ecosystems. As climate change accelerates, SeaBrick offers something rare in the building industry: a solution that scales with the crisis.

The age of extractive construction is over. The era of regenerative building has begun.