| BedZED &
Eco-Village Development Facts and Statistics
Construction
Materials
15% (3,404 tonnes) of the construction materials used at BedZED
were reclaimed or recycled.
52% of the construction materials used at BedZED were sourced from
within a 35 mile radius of the construction site.
Choosing timber over uPVC window frames for the BedZED scheme saved
nearly 800 tonnes of CO2 emissions, some 12.5% of the total
embodied CO2 for the scheme.
Careful selection of construction materials reduced the total environmental
impact of the BedZED development by approximatley 25%.
Other areas of environmental performance
Monitoring results from the BedZED's first year of occupation
show that building performance and transport patterns have been
very much as expected.
Table 1 shows comparisons with
the national average for space heating and hot water, with new homes
built to year 2000 Building regulations in brackets.
| Table 1 |
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|
| |
Monitored reduction |
Target
reduction |
| Space heating |
88% (73%) |
90% |
| Hot water |
57% (44%) |
33% |
| Electricity |
25% |
33% |
| Mains water |
50% |
33% |
Fossil Fuel
car mileage |
65% |
50% |
Further
monitoring results will be available in Feb 2008.
Last updated 14th January 2008
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