BedZED

I was watching the Climate Change programme on BBC yesterday and was struck by a development that they featured called BedZED that I had never heard of before. Imagine my surprise when I checked out the website and saw that this is managed by the Peabody Trust, which is the housing association that my mum used to work for (she currently lives on one of their estates)
Although, inevitably, there appears to be trouble in paradise. As this article shows, with so many concepts to maintain out of the mainstream, there is bound to be a list as long as your arm of things that are broken or don't work. It appears that the wood chip fuel system is one thing so all the residents are having to buy gas and electricity from usual suppliers and the reed bed sewage filter system is out of operation too. But I think it's better to try than to carry on building as we have always done.