ARC seeks to build a “zero-waste” model to produce multiple revenue streams and foster dynamic growth of regenerative business alternatives associated with a circular economy.

Our Program will recreate an existing marina in California as an electrically independent refuge for the community, rid the marina of all sources of petroleum hydrocarbons, eliminate organic waste from the sewage pump-out and other operations, and provide data to improve the coastal redevelopment process itself. Using net-zero energy and zero-waste standards to modernize antiquated infrastructure and create safe public spaces, we will bring carbon pricing/credits and a lean business structure to coastal and estuary regions.

The Team’s zero-waste Program goals are to develop and specify a project in which all waste energy and materials associated with both the Program’s construction and operation phases is either avoided or redirected, using planning and design decisions, as feedstock to other processes and products having social, environmental and/or financial utility or value.

The Project includes the following physical scope of work:

• Outfit the marina with everything needed for conversion of sailboats and other marine vessels from diesel and gasoline engines to electric propulsion
• Onsite photo-voltaic and wind powered micro-grid
• Water purification systems
• Hydrogen generation systems
• Battery and hydrogen storage and distribution
• Electric vehicle charging stations (boat and car)
• Biodigester to manage organic waste
• Minimize building/facility energy consumption using a range of conservation and renewable energy applications

The difficulties associated with implementing a zero-waste Program include avoiding the use of components that have waste streams that are expensive to re-process/recycle/reuse and/or for which uses and/or markets to not exist.

ARC therefore seeks assistance with a project in which all elements of the assembled and manufactured project components have been characterized in terms that will enable the Program Team to specify end of life uses and value and/or costs associated with end of processing.

Weekly one-hour meetings to accept feedback and questions, review progress and provide guidance.