CRRA• 31st Annual Conference • July 29 - August 1, 2007 • Marina Hotel • San Pedro
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All tours are Wednesday, August 1, 2007 from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm except for the boat tour which is from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. Please meet at the CRRA registration desk at 12:45 pm for tour departure.
Tour # 1 Cal State Long Beach Tour
Tour #2 Boat Tour of LA Harbor and Environmental Programs Balancing growth and development with environmental considerations is a challenge the Port of Los Angeles continues to address every day. This is accomplished through a Tour #3 Toyota Motor Sales, Torrance & Long Beach SERRF I'm burning, I'm burning, I'm burning for you Tour! Tour the Southeast Resource Recovery Facility (SERRF) Incinerator in Long Beach The Southeast Resource Recovery Facility is one of three incinerators permitted to The tour will leave from the Double Tree lobby on Wednesday, August 1, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. The tour will last approximately 1 hour. Maximum invites to this inferno is 40, so sign up early! There is a dress code, but don’t worry tuxedos are not required! All participants must wear long pants and tennis shoes or leather flats, etc. No skirts, shorts or heels are acceptable. Fashionable hard hats & stylish eye protection will be provided for all guests. Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) – Torrance (LEED Gold) The South Campus facility, located on TMS’ headquarters in Torrance,Calif., has a capacity of 2,500 persons. The 624,000 square feet complex,houses the headquarters for Toyota Financial Services, offices for TMSemployees, the call center for TMS Customer Services as well as meeting anddining facilities. Opening its doors in April 2003, South South Campus has received several awards including the U.S. Green Building Council “Gold” LEED™ (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Award, EPA Onsite Generation Green Power Leadership Award, the American Society of Landscape Architects General Design Award and mostly recently, the Waste Reduction Awards Program WRAP of the Year award. Tour #4 Cal Trans District 7 Building, Debs Park & Interior Removal Specialists The California Department of Transportation is very proud of the new District 7 headquarters building. This futuristic 13-story building defies convention while The National Audobon Society's 300-acre Ernest E. Debs Park ("Debs Park"), home to 136 bird species, is an urban nature center located near downtown Los Angeles. The Interior Removal Specialist, Inc. Interior Removal Specialist, Inc., a demolition contractor in the Los Angeles area, has been practicing environmentally responsible demolition for nearly 15 years. With a modest beginning, IRS Demo soon became the premier demolition contractor in the area due to the cleanliness, speed, and attention to detail that the company exhibits. Soon, that attention to detail moved the company to try a new approach to recycling the materials that they took out of the buildings that they worked in. In 2003 Interior Removal Specialist, Inc. moved into a new facility in South Gate, CA, where they finally had the room to expand their recycling capabilities. From recycling the easy materials like steel, copper, and aluminum, IRS Demo initiated pilot programs to recycle drywall, ceiling tiles, and carpeting, and began an aggressive donation program to further divert and re-use furniture and other items recovered from their jobs. Since 2003, IRS Demo has donated more than 4,000 tons of materials to many local non-profit agencies, and is an industry leader in the shipping of drywall, ceiling tiles, and carpet for recycling. IRS Demo ships more than 900 tons of drywall to recyclers every month, and has been named the number one supplier of recyclable ceiling tiles in the Western United States. In 2005, Interior Removal Specialist, Inc. received their Processing Permit from the California Integrated Waste Management Board, and is the only facility in Southern California that specializes strictly in tenant improvement demolition debris. 2006 was a banner year for the company. Not only did Interior Removal Specialist, Inc. have the largest sales year in the history of the company, but was recognized with awards including the CRRA Recycling Award, WRAP of The Year from the California Integrated Waste Management Board, and both Gold and Silver Awards from the Solid Waste Association of North America. |
variety of strategies that include cleaner-burning vehicle operations in and around the Port; more efficient cargo-handling; improved infrastructure; and biological, industrial and internal environmental programs. General programs and operational strategies underway at the Port of Los Angeles include the following: Environmental Management System, GreenPorts Program, Green Terminal Program, OffPeak Program, Intermodal Rail Use, Channel Deepening, Goods Movement/Efficient Initiatives. Enjoy a 90-minute tour of the port of Los Angeles and dock at the hotel, where you will see first hand how the Port is incorporating green practices.
operate in California. See for yourself how trash is converted to electricity.
Campus promotesgreener building construction and maintenance operations – fulfilling a keygoal in Toyota’s North American Environmental Action Plan. In its construction, building materials contained an average 50 percent recycled content and more than 90 percent of construction waste was recycled. South Campus supports a sustainable environment through its energy efficiency, including indirect lighting, motion sensors, rooftop solar photovoltaic panels, high efficiency glass windows, an Energy Star roof and absence of HCFC refrigerants and Halon fire suppressants. South Campus as part of TMS' headquarters campus recently enhanced its integrated solid waste management program to achieve zero-waste-to-landfill.
exemplifying the State’s extraordinary commitment to creativity, environmental sensitivity and design excellence in public architecture. This building, designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Thom Mayne, is an illusive, ever-changing office building located in the heart of Los Angeles, California. The structure is wrapped in sheathing that opens and closes according to outside conditions. When the sun is bright, the building appears closed and windowless. The building’s south façade is entirely surfaced with photovoltaic cells, which extend from the fourth to the thirteenth floors and generate approximately 5% of the building’s energy while shielding the façade from direct sunlight during peak summer hours. This and other environmentally-friendly features are part of the building’s LEED-Silver rating.
park's 5,000-square-foot Audobon Nature Center, certified as LEED-Platinum, is a showcase of conservation-minded design. Amongst its state of the art green features, it runs exclusively on solar power, collects rainwater to irrigate plants, and all of its wastewater is treated on site. On this tour, you will learn how the Audobon Nature Center became the first building in the nation to receive the Platinum Rating under the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED Green Building Rating SystemTM 2.1. You'll also discover how sunflower seeds and melted down handguns were used in the construction of this ultra-"green" environmental education center.