ZEDlife: How to build a low-carbon society today

Bill Dunster OBE is an architect. He founded ZEDfactory in 1999 and in 2010 received an OBE for Services to Sustainable Housing Design. He has taught at the Architectural Association, UCL, Kingston University, Harvard, EPFL in Lausanne, and is currently a Visiting Professor of Zero Carbon Urbanism at UCL and at Cardiff University.

Part I: Introduction A Beginner's Guide to ZEDlife The ZEDlife: A call to engage Part II: The ZEDlife Tools The ZEDroof Solar-charged exchangeable batteries Low carbon transport: The ZEDbike, electric vehicles and the filling stations of the future Building-level energy systems: Air sourced head pumps and solar assisted heating and cooling District-level energy systems and food production Retrofit of existing buildings Rainwater harvesting and water re-use Tool combinations Part III: The ZEDlife in practice The Zero-bills home ZEDpods Shoreham Cement Works Holiday Park Rehousing Somalia's IDPs: From emergency housing to a long-term urban solution AfricaZED Shanghai Expo ZED Pavillion Higher density strategies: living under a park One Planet Business Centre Jingdezhen Ceramic Centre and the urban solar farm BedZED Conclusions