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By Alice Kok | 9 September 2008

Queensland Government’s Crime and Misconduct Commission, and Collection House will hold its offices at Brisbane’s Green Square Complex’s North Tower.

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Billed as one of the world’s most environmentally friendly office developments, North Tower, part of the US$230 million Complex, has its own gas-driven power plant, was built using recycled timber and steel, and will save 1.7 million litres of water a year.

While most office developments emit more than 100kg of carbon dioxide annually per square metre, the North Tower is said to create just 29kg. This is the way we need to go and we have to keep raising the standard of new buildings,” says Andrew McNamara Minister for Sustainability and Climate Change.

First completed office development in Queensland to achieve a six-star rating from the Green Building Council of Australia, the building features consists of:

Uses 90 per cent recycled steel/plantation timber

Onsite construction waste was recycled and storm water used to irrigate nearby school fields

Annual energy savings could power 80 homes

Rainwater used in gardens/toilets

150 staff bike racks

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