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journal sustainability award – the judges said "BedZED goes way beyond the standard environmental checklist by challenging both the way we live and work... Until now, pioneering communities have often been attained at the expense of architectural ambition but at BedZED the architects have been highly
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of a BedZED resident is 4.67 global hectares (2.6 planets), which is 89% of the baseline. This would reduce to 4.32 global hectares (2.4 planets) if the energy was all zero carbon. However, a keen resident at BedZED (if the CHP was working) could achieve an ecological footprint of 3.0 global hectares
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The biomass wood chip boiler (biomass gasifier) was no longer in operation and the backup power source, a gas boiler, was used from 2005 - 2017. The downdraft wood chip gasifier CHP (combined heat and power) had reliability problems due to technical problems and the intermittent schedule of operation
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A review of the BedZed development in 2010 drew mainly positive conclusions. Residents and neighbours were largely happy. However, a few significant failures were highlighted, for example:
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Because of its location, the development requires the constant use of cars by residents. This negates its fundamental raison d'être, other than as an interesting experiment.
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The 82 homes and 1,405 square metres (15,120 sq ft) of work space was built within the period of 2000–2002. The project was shortlisted for the
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The 'Living Machine' water recycling facility had been unable to clean the water sufficiently. The cost of the facility also made it unviable.
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per person per day, was 25% less than the UK average; 11% of this was produced by solar panels. The remainder normally would be produced by a
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plant fuelled by wood chips, but the installation company's financial problems have delayed use of the plant.
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Monitoring conducted in 2003 found that BedZED had achieved these reductions in comparison to UK averages:
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and the cost consultants Gardiner and Theobald. The project was the first construction project where a
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sold land at below market value to make sustainable development economically viable.
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in partnership with Bill Dunster Architects, Ellis & Moore Consulting Engineers,
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consumption has been reduced by 50%, or 67% compared to a power-shower household.
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Simon Corbey (December 2005). "The BedZED lessons". University of East London.
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Hyde, Richard; Watson, Steve; Cheshire, Wendy; Thompson, Mark (2007),
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Passive heating from the sunspaces had been insufficient.
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Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Sutton
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Ecovillage
Hackbridge
London Borough of Sutton
Coordinates
51°22′55.5″N 00°09′21.67″W / 51.382083°N 0.1560194°W / 51.382083; -0.1560194
Environmentally friendly
Peabody Trust


Hackbridge
London
London Borough of Sutton
Sutton
zero carbon emissions
Bill Dunster
carbon neutral
Peabody Trust
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