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 PIXEL BUILDING
OFFICE BUILDINGS
AUSTRALIA
Traditional Custodians Structural Engineer
of the land: VDM Pty Ltd
Bunurong Boon Wurrung and Building Services
Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples Umow Lai & Associates
of the Eastern Kulin Nation ESD Engineer
Location: Umow Lai & Associates
Melbourne Contractor
Australia Grocon Constructors Pty Ltd
Completion Date: Carbon Analysis
July 2010 RMIT University Centre for Design
Architect: Building Surveyor
studio505 PLP Building Surveyor & Consultants
Photographers: Fire Engineer Services
John Gollings Aurecon
Ben Hosking Maintenance Access Consultant
Sustainability: Vertigo
Green Star: 6-Star Rating Access Consultant
LEED Platinum Blythe-Sanderson Group
Certified Cost Planner
Client: Slattery Australia
Grocon Pty Ltd Town Planning
Cost: Meredith Withers & Associates Pty Ltd
ABOUT:
AUD $6million Grey Water and Embodied Carbon Analysis
Located on a key urban site at the former CUB Brewery, Gross Internal Area: CSIRO
Pixel is one of Melbourne and Australia’s most 1136.4 m2 Builder
Landscape Design: Grocon Constructors Pty Ltd
significant and ambitious projects. Scoring a perfect
studio505 and University of Melbourne Developer
105 Green Star points and 105 LEED points, Pixel is Grocon Pty Ltd
Australia’s first carbon neutral office building,
generating all its own power and water on site.
(Future Office)
Pixel is a ‘Future Office’ – a prototype of the commercial
buildings that will emerge when a carbon constrained
environment demands a greater focus on energy efficiency.
As a prototype, it enables an analysis of the ongoing
implications of new technologies in the commercial building
sector.
(Green Credentials)
Pixel radically pushed the boundaries of what is achievable in a Green Building. Many
new sustainable building technologies were implemented, including a complex water
capturing system, solar and wind harnessing, thermal cooling, water usage reduction
through
vacuum toilets, anaerobic digester to reduce waste from toilets and Pixelcrete, a
specially designed concrete that contains half the embodied carbon of conventional
concrete for the same structural properties.
(Facade)

A complex and colourful facade wraps the western and northern sides of the
building, giving Pixel its iconic identity. A simple but intricate assembly of zero
waste, recycled colour panels providing maximised daylight, shade, views and
glare control.
The panels are supported by the Living Edge spandrels which create shading
and grey water treatment as well as providing immediate personal greenery to
every office floor. The facade wraps continuously around Pixel creating a
vibrant and unique identity.
(Green Roof)
Furthering its green ambitions, Pixel’s rooftop is clad with fixed
and tracking photovoltaic panels, vertical wind turbines and an
extensive green roof.
Pixel has been designed to capture, filter and process rain water
via its green roof and water storage systems. This volume of water,
based on Melbourne’s annual average rainfall, would be sufficient
for all the non-potable requirements of the building.
 (Water System)

An innovative
greywater system
allows Pixel to utilize
rain collection to
meet the demands of
the buildings non-
potable water
requirements.
Rainwater is
collected on the
green roof, passes
through a rainwater
filtration and
osmosis treatment
plant and supplies
the buildings vacuum
toilets, basins and
showers. Greywater
from these units then
passes through reed
beds that provide
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