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Rain and grey water is collected and reused: Integrated into the transit center is a system for collecting rain water, irrigation runoff and grey water.

Occupancy sensors also slow down escalators to save energy when they aren’t in use. And when it does, sensors will automatically adjust the vast majority of more than 200 different types of lights depending on how bright it is outside.

Sensors automatically control all the other lights: Although the building brings in tons of natural light, it is San Francisco, after all, where fog rolling in at night has a tendency to turn the skies grey.

“All you need to do is always go toward the center, toward the light.”

Intentionally designed to get travelers where they want to go, the elevators, escalators and restrooms are all in the center of the building, where the light is strongest. But, the skylights serve a second function, Pelli Clarke Pelli architect Fred Clarke said in an earlier interview. Skylights point the way: The building saves electricity by boasting vast skylights that flood the center of the structure with natural light.Fenlon-Harding described the innovative heating and cooling system as it’s “most highly touted,” since it saves on energy and reduces operating costs at the same time. It’s long-term thermal storage can hold geothermal energy for weeks or even months, and short-term storage in rainwater tanks help manage daily peak-load demands. It uses the tides to heat and cool the building: With more than 10 miles of pipes tapping into underground tides and other natural ground sources, the building uses a geothermal loop to remove and store heat on hot days and extract it on cold ones.