BioRegional

• ‘a development cannot be truly sustainable unless travel, food buying and waste are also addressed’

www.cohousing.org.uk

• Communal ‘sign-up’ for a sustainable lifestyle

Community Project, nr Lewes

• District heating system - biomass woodchip burner with back-up oil boiler.

• 90% houses have woodburners

• Own water supply (bore hole)

• No formal car pooling system but several jointly owned cars and car sharing

• Lift rota for regular trips to station, school, college, local town.

Springhill Community

Springhill Community

Springhill Community

Threshold Centre, Gillingham

Threshold Centre, Gillingham

Threshold Centre, Gillingham

• A community market garden and local food-sourcing

• Car-pooling and social activities to reduce car-use

• Shared energy systems: biomass (wood pellet) heating and photovoltaic electrical

Threshold Centre, Gillingham

BedZED

• Transport: 64% reduction in car mileage (compared to national av.).

• Water: 58% reduction in water use (compared to local av.).

• Waste: 60% waste recycled.

• Food: 86% of residents buy organic food.

• Community: residents know 20 neighbours by name on average

www.cohousing.org.uk

• ‘The Cohousing Approach to ‘Lifetime Neighbourhoods’.

• http://networks.csip.org.uk/_library/Resources/Housing/Support_materials/Factsheets/Factsheet29.pdf