Dunster concedes the top floor sunspaces overheat at BedZed but says this is because of cost-cutting. The sunspaces do have roof-level opening lights but the opening devices were left off. If these ...

BedZED, designed by the architect Bill Dunster ... Walls are thick with insulation, three-story banks of south-facing windows trap the sun’s warmth and heavy floors and ceilings keep ...

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 ...

BedZED in Hackbridge ... "People in 'normal' flats could live a similar lifestyle by thinking about their windows, growing food, switching to a green electricity tariff, thinking about their ...

As if to prove this, its completion coincides with criticism of its predecessor, BedZED, centring on the fact that its wood chip-powered plant has broken down. Yet the problem underlines the extent to ...

One of, if not the key sustainable housing projects of the early 2000’s in Britain was BedZED, the South London eco-district. The result of five years work, BedZED (short for Beddington Zero Energy ...

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 ...

Sutton: After nearly two years of building work on the BedZED homes and offices development, the site is nearing completion. And Seeboard Energy has donated around £100,000 towards solar power ...

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 ...

A lead research manager at the Peabody Trust has slammed key elements of Bill Dunster's awardwinning BedZed eco-development. The fundamental problems highlighted by Claire Bennie include 'contaminated ...

Trust in talks with project quantity surveyor as cost of zero-energy scheme hits £24.8m The Peabody Trust's eco-friendly BedZed development in Sutton, south London, has run £10.6m over budget. The ...