ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES

Eco-Village DevelopmentBy: Nachinji Mumba (0678706); Lucie Truquin (0880686); Richard Manning (0838434); Peter Kilpatrick (0680597)

IMSE3: Sustainability Module, 26th March 2009

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Key References• http://www.bioregional.com• ARENE publication. Quartiers durables – Guide d’expériences européennes.

Background The DevelopmentConsists of 82 new homes; 2,500m² work space; a medical centre; nursery; sports pitch and village green.Development Dates Construction started - May 2000.Completed in July 2003Development PartnersFunded by The Peabody Trust and designed by Bill Dunster Architects at “the ZEDfactory” in consultation with the BioRegional Development Group

Social Virtues

• Enables residents to live a sustainable life without having to compromise their current lifestyles

• Offering a variety of houses to suit families of all sizes and all incomes

• Reduces the need for lengthy travel by providing shops, nurseries and workspaces within the development

• Discouraging private car ownership by establishing a community car club and making the area more friendly for pedestrians and cyclists

• Helps reduce traffic entering BedZED by arranging a single regular delivery schedule

Sustainable Economics

- Recycling & Reclaiming- Scale technology: allowing the use of regional resources, reduces transport whilst boosting local economy- Fair Trade: moving away from damaging low-value commodities to higher value, environmentally sound products. - Increasing the awareness & importance of economics within the evolution of eco-villages - Buildings constructed from ‘thermally massive materials’- Passive Solar Gain

Construction Materials

- 15% (3,404 tonnes) of the construction materials reclaimed or recycled.

- 52% of the construction materials were sourced from within a 35 mile radius

- Choosing timber over uPVC window frames saved nearly 800 tonnes of CO2 emissions, some 12.5% of the total embodied CO2 for the scheme.

the Possibilities…

“Within 10 years every new home will be a zero carbon home, and we will be the first country to make this commitment” Gordon Brown, Prime Minister

TABLE 1 Monitoredreduction

TargetReduction

Space heating 88% (73%) 90%

Hot water 57% (44%) 33%

Electricity 25% 33%

Mains water 50% 33%

FF car mileage 65% 50%

DEVELOPER Added build costs £521,208

Potential added revenue £668,000

OCCUPANTS Reduced bills £3,847/yr

Added value Qualitative

THE PLANET CO2 savings 147.1 tonnes/yr

Water savings 1,025m3/yr

What is an eco-village?“An eco-village is a human-scale full-featured settlement in which human activities are harmlessly integrated into the natural world in a way that is supportive of healthy human development, and can be successfully continued into the indefinite future.” Robert Gilman, 1991

These figures include: 100% renewable electricity supply, 100% waste water recycling and a full green transport plan.

TECHNOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONSSOLUTIONS

Beddington Zero Energy Development (BedZED)Beddington Zero Energy Development (BedZED) the UK's first and largest carbon-neutral eco-village, constructed on

a brownfield site in Sutton, a residential town south east of London.