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include component="page" page="Sustainable CBD Title Page" include component="page" page="Sustainable CBD Links" __**The Pixel Building**__

The Pixel Building is a new development by Gorcon, it was designed by studio505 to be one of the most sustainable buildings, it is the only building ever to have gotten a 100 (perfect) point score as a Green Star rating and is Australia's first carbon-neutral office building.

Pixel also has a fair chance of getting the highest rating with other rating systems from overseas (LEED and BREEAM).

While many building are carbon-zero, Pixel is carbon-neutral this means that as well as offsetting carbon used once the building has been built, it also offsets emissions produced from the construction of the building.

Pixel is water-balanced, meaning that, based on the ten year average rainfall between 1999 and 2009, it could be disconnected from the mains water supply.

**Features** __Indoor environment__ __Building__ __Energy__ __Water__ __Waste__
 * 100% fresh air system
 * Openable windows
 * Different air depending on the area and what's happening there
 * Ammonia refrigeration
 * Chilled structure
 * Green concrete
 * Photovoltaic and wind power generation
 * Reliance on natural daylight
 * Gas-fired absorption chillers
 * Wind turbines on roof
 * Moving and fixed solar panels
 * Reed bed water treatment to recycle grey water
 * Waste water treatment plant
 * Rainwater capturing
 * Garden on roof filters rainwater and insulates building
 * Extensive recycling

Our opinion
Pixel really looks its part, the coloured things outside the windows seem to have a the same effect as blinds but look a whole lot better and the roof looks like a garden with some solar panels growing there too. Unlike the Queen Victoria Market, Pixel definitely looks high tech and sustainable.

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