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Pixel Building

Pixel Building

Carlton, Victoria
Australia
Pixel Building

Introba provided engineering and sustainability services for the Pixel Building in Carlton, VIC, Australia.

The Pixel Building project is a modest four-level building in Melbourne, Australia, with an impressive array of sustainable design technology and innovation. 

The client had an ambitious goal for Pixel Building to become Australia’s first carbon-neutral office building. The solution supported the building in generating its own power and water through onsite wind turbines and a green roof that uses evapotranspiration of greywater from the building. Designed to be water-balanced, Pixel Building could, if required, disconnect from the main water supply and be self-sufficient for all its amenity needs, excluding occupant drinking. 

To reduce the Pixel Building’s embodied carbon, the design employed low-carbon concrete, coined as Pixelcrete, and recycled sustainably-sourced building material. 

The Pixel Building achieved 105 LEED points and scored a perfect 6-Star Green Star – Office Design v3 rating of 105 points, making it the highest possible and highest-ever awarded rating from the Green Building Council of Australia. 

The Pixel Building demonstrates how excellence and innovation can push the boundaries of sustainable design. While it may be only a small building, its impact will be felt in the design of other office buildings here and around the world.

Sustainability

  • Green Star: 6-Star Rating 
  • LEED Platinum Certified 

Project Highlights

  • Australia’s first carbon-neutral office building with an impressive array of sustainable design technology and innovation  

  • Achieved 105 LEED points and scored a perfect 6-Star Green Star – Office Design v3 rating of 105 points 

  • Generates its own power and water through onsite wind turbines and a green roof that uses evapotranspiration of greywater  

  • If required, can disconnect from the main water supply and be self-sufficient for all its amenity needs, excluding drinking water 

  • Uses low-carbon concrete, coined as Pixelcrete, and recycled sustainably-sourced building materials

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