Just as the causes and costs of these problems are interconnected, so are the potential benefits of interconnected solutions. As Waveline evolves, it has the potential to offer a growing number of environmental solutions to a growing number of environmental problems.

                                                                                                                                             

Waveline is a project designed by BNB Renewable Energy, LLC, in partnership with Matthew Ritchie Studio, and Skylar Tibbits’s Self Assembly lab at MIT, to address climate change through a multi disciplinary approach that aims to combat sea-level rise and redirect unsustainable waste streams in the renewable energy sector within the same vein. Waveline will be a sustainable, efficient, and adaptable intervention to at once maximize solutions for the re-use of windmill blades while also mitigating sea level rise. Waveline was created with a deep concern for underserved and under represented communities who face the brunt of climate change. The resilient strategy aims not only to mitigate the climatic impact (protection from storm surges, typhoons, ongoing se-level rise, and hurricanes) but also will include economic models that will support front-line communities, and youth who will benefit from such regional investment. The team will also be researching the carbon sequestration potential of seagrass, and related economic models and impacts. Waveline is both a landscape-scale artwork and a pragmatic system management and infrastructure proposal to use expired wind turbine blades (a large-scale global waste stream) as the primary building material for coastal defense and large-scale multilayer flood mitigation (MFM), while creating a large scale opportunity for high impact carbon dioxide reduction (CDR) by restoring seagrass meadows, all at an affordable cost that provides ongoing revenue streams for participating communities and potential investors. The integration and installation of these proposed technical systems; wind turbine blade re-use, sea scaping for natural coastal defense and erosion control, will be integrated with a typology of other best-practice multilayer coastal defense systems. The proposed system restores marine ecosystems, rebuilds natural coastal defense, creates large-scale carbon sequestration, and encourages coral recruitment. The initial project will be site-specific and serve to market the concept to a larger audience. The concept is non-proprietary and easily scalable in order to maximize the impact of the idea outside of the limits of the Waveline Team. The Waveline system will consist of three blades, one perpendicular to the beach and two off the end, similar to the construction of a wind turbine. The anticipated outcomes of installation include the buildup of sediment along the blades and heavier accumulation where the three blades converge, as well as the development of seagrass beds between the coastline and the Waveline systems. The evaluation will measure the effectiveness of erosion mitigation, seagrass promotion, and habitat improvement, alongside assessing sustainability and community engagement. This comprehensive evaluation will inform best practices and guide the expansion of this project beyond the limits of the Waveline Team. 

Waveline is intended to be initially deployed in the Cameron Parish as a demo site before global expansion. The Cameron Parish will be underwater with just 6 feet of sea-level rise. The area is regularly impacted by hurricanes and tropical storms, leading to coastal erosion, flooding, and damage to infrastructure. These frequent extreme weather events provide an opportunity to assess how well coastal defense systems can withstand such conditions. We are working to collaborate with several community organizations in the Parish to create a preliminary foundation of trust and understanding.