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Extracts from the Nov-Dec 2000 edition of Renew
These extracts only represent about 25% of it

ZED Housing Projects spread

The Zero Energy Development housing project at Beddington has been getting some welcome publicity recently. This is to be an 82-home eco-village now started on site at the former London Road sewage works (brownfield site) in Beddington (Borough of Sutton, London ) - currently being developed by the Peabody Trust (who support social housing) and the Bio Regional Development Group. Homes will have roof gardens, and a CHP unit will service the village using wood fuel. There will also be PV, and limited spaces for cars. Some details are on the architect's website www.zedfactory.com (then go to BedZED)

In parallel, the Peabody Trust has plans for an even larger PV solar powered housing project, called Canalside, in Ladbroke Grove West London, on the Grand Union Canal. It will have 300 low cost rental and leasehold homes, with 200kW of net metered PV to cut energy costs.

The construction cost is put at £70m, with the renewable energy system costing around £350,000. EU funding will meet part of it. The Peabody Trust told the FT (1/6/00) that they were checking to see how much it would cost to put PV on all their 17,000 properties...