- LEED-compliant Tenant Improvements (TIs): a commitment to green is emphasized by incorporating sustainability into its TI design and construction process. This allows a conversation with the customer about the environment to begin immediately.
- Energy Conservation: 100 Pine conducted an overhaul to its heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system and added digital controls to make it more efficient.
- Energy Conservation: 100 Pine conducted an overhaul to its heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system and added digital controls to make it more efficient.
- Water Efficiency: 100 Pine reduced the building's water usage by approximately 50% by converting to "low flow" toilets. The HVAC upgrade also reduced water usage.
- Environmentally-Friendly Cleaning Products: The building replaced its cleaning chemicals, equipment and restroom paper products used by the janitorial staff with sustainable, environmentally preferred products which meet or exceed the CA EPA guidelines.
- Environmentally-Friendly Landscaping: 100 Pine worked with their landscaping company and shifted from annuals (which require continual change) to perennials and also uses only native, local plants that require less watering.
- Recycling: 100 Pine has been a leader in recycling for the past 10 years and has consistently been diverting 75% or more of its waste from landfill. Unico also has partnered with Green Citizen, a company that promotes "responsible" electronic recycling.
- Motion Sensors in Emergency Stairwells: Since emergency stairwells are rarely used, 100 Pine installed lights that operate with motion sensors instead of having these stairwells lit continually.
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