BedZED
Low impact - A very high density (75 per hectare), very
urban site residential and work spaces are heated and supplied with
electrical power without the use of fossil-fuels; waste water is
treated on site using undercover living machines.
Hedgehog Housing Cooperative
Housing Cooperative - all residents are tenants of South
London Family Housing Association and nomination rights remain with
the local authority (Brighton Borough Council) but tenancies are
dependent on successful application for membership of the
cooperative, ie. this is an intentional community for low income
residents.
Energy-efficient - timber-framed houses have wooden I-beams
to support turfed, sloping roof sections and very high levels of
WarmCell insulation (recycled newspaper)
Hockerton Housing Project
Energy-efficient - An example of an earth sheltered
development that derives all its heating from passive-solar. The
suns rays heat the houses during the daytime and in summer and the
heat is released at night time and winter from the earth berm on
the north facing side of the terrace.
Homes for Change
Resident engagement - High density deck access social
housing cooperative. Tenant led from inception, including questions
of design. Partnership with Guinness Trust HA.
Mixed use - Work for Change workshop, office,
depot and retail units, and theatre space on the same site as the
flats, very successfully and popularly run by a cooperative of
commercial tenants.
Kingsdown Society
Partnership - Used very effective networking, and a robust
financial model.
The Community Project (Laughton)
Co-Housing - Britains first, and most developed, Co-Housing
community. 17 homes created through renovation and 4 through new
build. Very successful community building and conflict resolution
strategies; very effective, and increasing use of the common
house.
Stroud Co-Housing
Co-Housing - the first new build Co-Housing development in
the UK
Low impact - the example of high-quality construction
techniques and materials (timber-framed, high levels of insulation,
triple-glazing, air-tight construction)incorporation of a
sustainable urban drainage system, on a very difficult, steeply
sloping site.
Mixed tenure-the example of cooperation between Stroud
District Council and the Co-Housing community
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