Stanford University’s Central Energy Facility has a lot of serious technology, but much of it is presented in the lively hues more typical of a children’s museum. Doubling as a teaching tool, the low-slung building showcases the university’s innovative new heating and cooling system with ample glazing and equipment painted in vibrant shades, like orange and aqua, so that visitors can clearly see which parts carry hot water and which ones cold. At night, the bright red surface of a hot-water storage tank is lit so it glows like a giant ember at the heart of the complex.
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