The Beddington Zero Energy Development (BedZED) may not be new news, but is a fabulous example of innovative, zero-energy, sustainable housing on a multi-unit scale. The residential and workspace ...

BedZED was created by BioRegional, an entrepreneurial charity, along with the Peabody Trust and Bill Dunster Architects. It comprises 100 apartments and houses, and approximately 2,500 sq m of office ...

Four years ago, a housing complex called BedZed opened in south London with the ambitious goal of running entirely on renewable energy. Well, things haven’t gone quite as planned. BedZed’s ...

Tucked away in busy and polluted London sits an eco-friendly village where heating bills are non existent, the roofs are lined with solar panels, and neighbours pop round for tea. BedZED in Hackbridge ...

NESTLED inside Sutton, Surrey in the United Kingdom is a housing development that represents what is perhaps the western world’s best example of a low energy, eco-friendly community. Aptly named ...

It could come as a surprise that the UK’s first carbon-neutral community was built way back in 2002. And it’s in Sutton. BedZED was created by Bioregional, a charity that works to develop more ...

Built to last 120 years and totally sustainable, the company behind the BedZed development hopes it will be a model for future house building. The first residents moved into the Beddington Zero Energy ...

BedZed eco-community members say the rats jump out at them as they leave the house RATS have invaded one of the country’s biggest eco-communities, leaving residents afraid to leave their homes. The ...