Sustainable Living Programme

The Sustainable Living Programme is based around the design of buildings, facilities and services in the places where people live and work in the UK. The overall goal of the Programme is to bring changes to the housing and construction industry, to reduce the eco-footprint of buildings (existing and new) and of people’s lifestyles while they occupy those buildings.

BioRegional initiated the Beddington Zero Energy Development, with Peabody Trust and Bill Dunster Architects, an 100 eco-home and office development which is designed to be the UK’s largest new-build carbon-neutral development. This is now being reported and disseminated to the construction industry through the Carbon Neutral Tool Kit. We are monitoring the performance and quantifying the environmental benefits of BedZED. An Exhibition Centre at BedZED disseminates information about BedZED and eco-footprinting to industry, policy makers and the general public.

Building on the work of BedZED we are now working on further sustainable communties in the UK and internationally through the One Planet Living Programme - a partnership with WWF to build eco-communities around the world.

Last updated 14th January 2008