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When you register indicate morning or afternoon session, or no preference. These tours will have more applicants than spaces available, as we are limited to 25. Only those pre-registered will be admitted. We must advise the facility the attendees in advance. If you are accepted and then find that you cannot go, we ask that you please let us know, so we can allot your space to one on the waiting list.
 
Meet in the lobby. Security will require a photo ID and the clearance process will take 10-15 minutes. Please plan accordingly. Each tour will include a pre-tour technical session, to be held in the 48th floor conference room, with lunch,-sandwiches & salads; followed by a walk-through of the facility.

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The Pyramid Center Tour
The Transamerica Pyramid has achieved LEED Gold Certification. The iconic Transamerica Pyramid building now generates 70 percent of the 1.88 megawatts of electricity it uses daily, and it recycles or composts 70 percent of its waste products. A water-use reduction program has cut water consumption byoverall. These environmental upgrades reduced their utility bills by 30 percent and will generate savings of about $600,000 annually. About $5 million of private capital was spent on Transamerica Pyramid's environmental upgrades during the past 10 years. The cogen uses natural gas to generate electricity and the waste heat from this process is captured to generate hot & cold (through an absorption chiller) water for use in warming the domestic water, and heating and cooling the building.

The Transamerica Pyramid was designed by William Pereira & Associates to be part architectural masterpiece and part environmental practicality, as the unique pyramid shape was chosen to allow natural light and fresh air to filter down to the streets below. Construction was completed and first occupancy commenced in the summer of 1972. For the next two years, the 853-foot-high Pyramid (260 meters) was the tallest building in the United States west of the Mississippi River.  It remains Northern California’s tallest building.

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