TOURS - CRRA 2023
We are excited to announce details for the tours at CRRA 2023 in Burlingame. All tours will depart from: Hyatt Regency Burlingame, Lobby Level, behind the Concierge Desk (left of the front desk/hotel check-in). Buses will depart from the hotel side entrance across from the guest elevators.
Each tour has different, allowed, registrant quantities. Please be sure to register quickly for the one you want. CRRA will maintain waitlists for each tour but open slots may not be identified until we’re onsite in August.
Cost for each tour option is $30.
*Conference registration is required for attendance.
The Sustainability Tour – Aviation Addresses Climate Crisis
Monday, August 14th - 12:00pm
As hubs to the global economy, airports have a key role to play in addressing the climate crisis by reducing greenhouse gas emissions in line with nations and states everywhere. The San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is doing this and more, as we aim to be the first airport in the world to achieve “triple zero”: zero waste going to landfill, zero net energy facilities, zero net carbon operations. In addition, SFO also leads climate initiatives in water stewardship and health and wellbeing.
Learning Objectives:
To share the benefits of aviation including jobs/professional growth, regional economic development, and industry/city sustainability
To acknowledge the environmental impacts of aviation, the built environment and ground transportation and the ways these are mitigated through industry best management practices
To identify and make tangible the specific ways SFO is leading sustainability and resilience across global airports
To connect guests’ tangible sustainability measures, inspire them to consider these for their own journeys/homes/businesses, develop a sense of pride when traveling through SFO for its investments in sustainability
Itinerary:
12:15pm Leave Hyatt Regency via SFO Airport Shuttle. Travel time 15 min to get to International-A Departures Level Shuttle Stop at SFO
12:30pm-1:45pm San Francisco Airport (SFO) tour (60 min tour including question time)
1:45pm leave SFO
2:00pm Return to Hyatt
The “Do’s and the Dont’s”
Do bring a water bottle
Do listen to tour guides as all times; very strict SFO guidelines and security requirements
Do wear comfortable closed-toe shoes
You may take pictures
Don’t wander off; stay with group at all times
Don’t open any closed doors as alarms may go off; wait for tour guide to direct you at all times
Try not to obstruct passenger flow/traffic. Please kindly step aside in the event of traffic jams, bottlenecks, frantic passengers getting to their flights, etc.
Maximum Registrants Allowed: 15
1st stop: Shoreway Environmental Center
The award winning Shoreway Environmental Center in San Carlos is the hub for waste and recycling activities for the RethinkWaste service area (11 public agencies in southern San Mateo County). On this tour you will see the Transfer Station and the Materials Recovery Facility (MRF). The Transfer Station houses the compost, garbage and construction and demolition materials collected from residents and businesses and self-haul. Inside is also an area for compost giveaway to service area residents and houses our Organics-to-Energy project first piloted in 2020 to process source separated organics to send to nearby wastewater treatment plants to be processed as energy. The MRF, rebuilt in 2010, was upgraded in 2020 with more optical sorters to increase throughput, container separation and glass cleaning.
2nd stop: Blue Line Biogenic CNG Facility
Guests will visit our dry anaerobic digestion facility where we transform organic waste into fuel and digestate (which undergoes further processing to become soil amendment). Tour will include looks at the receiving bay with in-bound material to be digested, 8 anaerobic digestion tunnels, the control room, 2 in-vessel composting tunnels with digested material being dried, and the infrastructure used for scrubbing, and compressing methane for use as fuel. In operation since late 2014, this award-winning facility is permitted to process 11,200 tons per year. Blue Line's sister company, South San Francisco Scavenger, uses the natural gas produced to power a carbon negative collection fleet and to help its franchise cities earn over 50% of SB 1383's procurement goal.
Itinerary
2pm Leave Hyatt. Travel time 15-20 min to get to Shoreway
2:20pm-3:45pm Shoreway Tour (60 min tour with 25 min for questions)
3:45pm leave Shoreway to Blueline. Travel time 25-30 min to Blueline
4:15pm-5:15pm Blueline Tour (60 min)
5:15pm leave Blueline back to Hyatt. Travel time 20-25 minutes
5:45pm Return to Hyatt
The “Do’s and the Dont’s”
Do wear closed-toe shoes (It’s a MUST)
Do sign waivers for each facility and bring with you: Shoreway | Blue Line
Do wear a face-mask for the duration of the tour at Shoreway
Don’t take pictures of any facility staff at Shoreway
Maximum Registrants Allowed: 40
A Look at Food Recovery – Partnerships that Produce Results
Wednesday, August 16th - 1:50pm
The Edible Food Recovery TC is excited to host a tour that will walk guests through an example of edible food recovery programs happening in the Bay Area. Starting with a surplus edible food generator, Daylight Foods, you will experience how this food distributor is prioritizing the safe donation of surplus food.
Then Daily Bowl, Daylight Foods donation partner, will walk guests through one of their vehicles to demonstrate the process of collecting and distributing food and discuss the opportunities and daily challenges of food recovery agencies.
The tour will finish at a Second Harvest food distribution location at the Samaritan House, that will show guests how recovered food is delivered to their final recipients, describe their partnerships and other services the non-profit delivers to its community.
Additionally, guest speakers will present during drive-time to discuss reporting of food recovery, where TC Executive Members will be on-hand to field questions about food recovery networks and SB 1383 compliance.
Itinerary
2pm Leave Hyatt. Travel time 15-20 min to get to Daylight Foods
2:20pm-3:00pm Daylight Foods Tour (40 min tour)
3:00pm leave Daylight to Daily Bowl. Travel time 25-30 min to Daily Bowl
3:30pm-4:10pm Daily Bowl Tour (40 min tour)
4:15pm leave Daily Bowl to Samaritan House. Travel time 15 minutes
4:30pm Samaritan House Tour (30 min tour)
5:00pm leave Samaritan House
5:30pm Return to Hyatt
The “Do’s and the Dont’s”
Do wear comfortable, closed-toe shoes.
Do pull your hair back; no loose hair allowed.
Do bring water.
Don’t have any visible piercings; remove any before entering Daylight Foods.
Maximum Registrants Allowed: 30
Two Paths to Deconstruction, Diversion and Design – PlaceMakers and Firewood Farms
Wednesday, August 16 - 1:50 pm
This tour will feature two organizations that are sustaining our reuse economy...
PlaceMakers, Inc
PlaceMakers primary business is high-end residential demo. They are the demo subcontractor to the general contractor. In general, they don’t demolish homes, they deconstruct and prep for major remodel(s). The big difference with PlaceMakers is that they #salvage everything that they can. From chandeliers to crystal wall sconces, from a Sub-Zero fridge to a Bosch washing machine, from the old growth redwood wall paneling to the 2” oak floor, it all goes back to their lumberyard of vintage reclaimed wood and then to their showroom. They get a wide variety of materials from many eras. It's fun and exciting!
They are open to the public and offer a diverse array of architectural assets such as:
• Reclaimed lumber
• Plumbing and lighting fixtures
• Cabinets and vanities
• Railings and gates
• Windows and doors
• Fire surrounds and vintage tile
Firewood Farms
Doing what they love and loving what they do for over 48 years, at their essence, Firewood Farms’ mission is to divert logs, lumber and green waste from the landfill and create sustainable products. They have four distinct businesses; Manufacturers and Service : Firewood Producers / Suppliers, Chainsaw Carved Wood Sculptures, Live Edge Wood Slabs, Reclaimed / Salvaged lumber & timbers. Services they provide include de-construction of building and structures, portable sawmill, slab flattening and re-saw work, custom design, and delivery. Firewood Farms is a true ‘Green’ business and pride themselves on offering clients the highest quality products with the lowest transport and manufacture-related emissions. Typically, material is sourced within a 100-mile radius of their facility. Their Chainsaw Sculptures are some of the best to be found – sculptors have a combined experience of over 120 yrs in the industry and create sculptures of all shapes and sizes. One of the largest completed pieces weighed over 45 tons and stood over 37 ft tall!
Their Reclaimed and Salvaged wood products, used for both commercial and residential work, include:
Flooring and trim
Siding
Countertops and paneling
Stair treads
Beams
Timbers and slab furniture
Itinerary
2pm Leave Hyatt. Travel time 30-40 min to get to PlaceMakers
2:45pm-3:30pm PlaceMakers Tour (45 min tour/discussion)
3:30pm leave PlaceMakers to Firewood Farms. Travel time 25-30 min to Firewood Farms
4:15pm-5:00 pm Firewood Farms Tour (45 min tour/discussion)
5:00pm leave Firewood Farms back to Hyatt. Travel time 25-30 minutes
5:30pm Return to Hyatt
The “Do’s and the Don’ts”:
Do (suggested) wear closed-toe shoes
Do bring water bottle
Maximum Registrants Allowed: 20
