BedZED is the UK's largest eco-village. The aim was to help residents and office workers reduce their ecological and carbon footprints to a sustainable, "one planet" level. The plans cover reducing energy use, providing renewable energy, minimising the embodied energy of the buildings, reducing fossil fuel miles and also tackling food, waste, water usage and flooding.
Find out more at www.bioregional.com/bedzed
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Big Green Challenge 66 months ago | reply
Great set of photos. I talked about BedZED on the Big Green Challenge blog the other day and just added a link to your photos in the comments. I've also included a couple in our group on Facebook.
telex4 66 months ago | reply
Thanks, glad to see the photos are getting out & about. We're all excited by the Big Green Challenge at BioRegional too!
hallofriends [deleted] 65 months ago | reply
thanks for your exellent picture! really nice and good information to understand bedzed! thanks!
badalice 65 months ago | reply
Hi, I write for an environmental news website www.environmentalnewsonline.com and we'd like to use this photo in an article about green housing, would this be all right?
Thanks,
Alice
telex4 65 months ago | reply
Hi badalice, that's fine, just credit me as per the Creative Commons license I've used (see the "some rights reserved" bit under "additional information" in the right column).
melcir.meri 50 months ago | reply
I hope they've planted attractive, oxygenating and shade-cover trees!!
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arimoore 50 months ago | reply
awesome buildings!
buckdenton13 42 months ago | reply
I used this photo in a blog post:
conservationreport.com/2009/12/26/energy-policy-rome-want...
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I gave the necessary "Photo source for attribution" and other information.
Thank you very much.
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o_townsend 37 months ago | reply
This is great! How'd you take it all the way up there? x
telex4 37 months ago | reply
A cherry picker crane was on site doing some maintenance, they very kindly let me go up for a good angle!
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invisible consequential 28 months ago | reply
What are the rents like? Thanks for sharing with Creative Commons. I used this with "100% Renewable by 20XX" which mentions passive houses. www.policyinnovations.org/ideas/briefings/data/000197
telex4 22 months ago | reply
The housing is split into three types: normal market housing, where rents or purchase prices are a little above the local market rate due to the higher quality; what's called "key worker" housing, sold or let to people like nurses and teachers at lower cost; and social housing, let out at low rent levels set by a national formula to be affordable for people on low incomes.