BedZED & Eco-Village Development
Web Links

We think that the following links are particularly useful for further information about BedZED partners and eco-villages.

BedZED partners

ARUP
www.arup.com
Building physics and building services.

Bill Dunster Architects
www.zedfactory.com
Eco-architects company

Peabody Trust
www.peabody.org.uk
London’s largest housing association

Ellis & Moore
Structural engineering and infrastructure design
t. 020 7281 4821

Gardiner & Theobald
www.gardiner.com
Cost consultants and construction management

B9 Energy
www.b9energy.co.uk
Energy from biomass, responsible for the BedZED Combined Heat and Power Plant

Other links (alphabetically)

Association of Environmentally Conscious Builders (AECB)
www.aecb.net
The AECB is a network of individuals and companies with a common aim of promoting sustainable building.

BedZED Pavilion
www.bedzedpavilion.org.uk
The BedZED Pavilion is a community facility for the Hackbridge area, located at BedZED.

Blustin Heath Design
www.blustinheathdesign.com
Blustin Heath Design offer a wide range of design services such as sustainable interiors and exhibition design. The team were responsible for the design of BioRegional's exhibition and show home.

BioRegional Quintain Ltd
www.bioregional-quintain.com
BioRegional Quintain Ltd aims to lead in the creation of sustainable communities throughout the UK by the comprehensive application of ‘One Planet Living’ principles to a dynamic and innovative approach to property development. The company is owned 50-50 by Quintain Estates and Development PLC, and BioRegional Properties Ltd, a company founded by eco-entrepreneurs and BioRegional Development Group, a registered charity. The charity benefits from a share of profits mechanism to support continued cutting edge sustainability research and development work.

Building Research Establishment
www.bre.co.uk
BRE is a leading centre of expertise on buildings, construction, energy, environment, fire and risk. BRE provide research-based consultancy, testing and certification services to customers worldwide.

Construction resources
www.constructionresources.com
Britain's ecological building centredistributing materials & systems for sustainable building high-performance, state of the art productsfrom Europe's leading manufacturers.

Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT)
www.cat.org.uk
CAT is an environmental charity aiming to 'inspire, inform, and enable' people to live more sustainably.
CAT’s services include a visitor centre, publications, a mail-order 'green' books and products, educational services, consultancy, residentialcourses, membership and free information service.

David Wilson Millennium Eco-Energy House
www.nottingham.ac.uk/sbe
A flexible test facility for conducting investigations into new eco-energy systems while also demonstrating existing systems to industry, government and the general public.

Desirable Debris
www.desirabledebris.co.uk
Beautiful furniture made from reclaimed materials. This company has made furniture for the BedZED show home - two attractive tables both made from reclaimed pub floorboards.

Ecocentric
www.ecocentric.co.uk
Ecocentric sell a range of stylish sustainable products for the home. The company is led by celebrity designer Oliver Heath and many items have been used in the BedZED show home.

The EcoCity Trust
www.ecocity.org.za
The EcoCity Trust is an initiative of the City of Johannesburg. A collaboration of the community, the council and a small trust - working together to achieve a better, greener, life for all.BioRegional and the EcoCity Trust worked together on the Johannesburg Eco-Village.

Findhorn eco-village
www.findhorn.org
The Ecovillage Project at the Findhorn Foundation brings together the social, economic and spiritual aspects of life and is a synthesis of the best current thinking on human habitats.

The Global Ecovillage Network
http://gen.ecovillage.org
The Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) links and supports sustainable settlements

Green Register
www.greenregister.org
The Green Register is the first of its kind and is a listing of architects, engineers and tradespeople who have demonstrated a commitment to sustainable building practices.

Green Works
www.green-works.co.uk
A charity and social enterprise. Green Works strives to ensure that redundant office furniture from the commercial world is passed on at very low cost to charities, schools, community groups and even start-up businesses across the UK.

Hockerton Housing Project
www.hockerton.demon.co.uk
An earth sheltered, self-sufficient ecological housing development, of five homes.

Local Food Works
www.localfoodworks.org
A partnership project between the Soil Association and the Countryside Agency to foster sustainable local food economies.

Mother earth prints
www.motherearthprints.co.uk
Diane Johnson's website. Diane is a green artist producing pieces from everyday waste such as junk mail and earth. She often exhibits her work at the BedZED Centre

Sponge
www.spongenet.org
A network of young property construction industry professionals who share an interest in sustainable development.

Sustain – built environment matters
www.sustainmagazine.com
Sustainable development magazine

Sustainable development for building professionals
www.sd4bp.com
Developed under the government’s (DTI) Partners in Innovation programme, the project addresses the need for greater awareness of sustainability issues amongst all professionals involved with the built environment, e.g. property managers, property developers, estate and facilities managers, energy and environmental managers, as well as (non-qualified) individuals looking to start in the industry.

Sustainable Homes
www.sustainablehomes.co.uk
Sustainable Homes promotes awareness of sustainable development issues and good practice, and encourages housing associations to adopt sustainable policies and practices.

WWF One Million Sustainable Homes
www.wwf.org.uk/sustainablehomes
Working to achieve commitment from the housing industry and government to achieve 1 million sustainable homes in the UK by 2012.

Natural Discovery
www.naturaldiscovery.co.uk
Offering eco-tourism in the UK.

Last updated 14th January 2008