2012_Architecture_Pixel_Building

This brightly-coloured, shard-like outside, is part of a building called the Pixel Building. It is Australia’s first carbon neutral office building (which means it makes more energy than it uses). Located in the CBD, this four storey building costs somewhat $6million. Some of its features are it has an insulated rooftop garden(which will filter the rainwater, and insulate the building) (Rainwater will provide most of the building’s water supply), solar panels, 3 wind turbines (unlike normal wind turbines, these ones do not need electricity to start them up), an absorption heat pump chiller, (imported from Europe) (is used to heat and cool the building), and uses a grey water system. The development is has a 6-star green rating. The office space is currently empty, but will soon be filled by Grocon's employees, who will be keeping track on how each of the buildings feature are working. By doing this, they wish to achieve the highest environmental rating ever.


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