BioRegional
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Based on the Beddington Zero (fossil) Energy Development in Sutton, it is a practical guide to building carbon neutral developments, including how to make a good return on investment. It is a distillation of 10 years' research, design, practical hard lessons and fine-tuning to make carbon neutral developments a financially viable proposition.
The 50-page report includes technical descriptions, monitoring results and financial mechanisms that have allowed the innovations at BedZED to become a reality. There are chapters on planning gain, thermal demand, electrical demand, water demand, transport and renewable energy supply. Each chapter describes the measures taken to improve environmental performance in that area. Monitoring results from the first year of operation at BedZED are reported and the costs, savings and benefits associated with each measure are quantified.
Factors affecting the quality of life of occupants living and working in the scheme are also presented. This is based on interviews and monitored lifestyle habits. The authors attempt to place a value on these benefits and assess how much of that value can actually be returned to the developer as increased property value. The total costs, savings and benefits from each area are brought together in the project balance sheet and conclusion.
The report is the second in the BedZED Toolkit for Carbon Neutral Developments series
Source
Building Sustainable Design
