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One Planet solutions

for a sustainable future One Planet Living case studies from around the world demonstrating that a sustainable low carbon future is achievable, attractive and affordable.

One Planet Communities

One Planet Companies

One Planet Regions

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A sustainable future is not just an aspiration. Around the world One Planet Living is becoming a reality as communities, companies and regions change the way they work to meet the challenges of resource depletion and climate change.

One Planet solutions for a sustainable future

BioRegional is working in partnership with forward-thinking organisations around the world to demonstrate that sustainability is attractive, affordable and achievable. Using the One Planet Living framework these pioneering real life projects are making a sustainable future a reality today.

This booklet gives an introduction to this approach and these inspiring projects.

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Globally we’re consuming resources and polluting the planet at a level forty per cent higher than the earth can renew or absorb.

Ecological footprinting shows that if everyone in the world consumed as many natural resources as the average person in western Europe, we’d need three planets to support us. If everyone consumed as much as the average North American, we would need five planets. In China and South Africa the overall average is one planet, but this disguises considerable variations between different regions and lifestyles. Carbon emissions account for around fifty per cent of our global eco-footprint.

One Planet Living is our vision of a sustainable world, in which people everywhere can enjoy a high quality of life within the productive capacity of the planet. It uses ten principles of sustainability as a framework.

The approach we have found to be effective in delivering truly sustainable communities, organisations, regions and lifestyles is to:

• measure where our carbon and ecological footprint impacts arise based on what we are consuming, not just on what we are producing,

• develop a One Planet Action Plan to enable users to reach the globally sustainable level of consumption, using the ten One Planet Living principles as a framework.

• work together in partnership to create solutions, monitor outcomes and share lessons learned with others.

One Planet Living

The ten One Planet Living principles

1 Zero carbon

2 Zero waste

3 Sustainable transport

4 Sustainable materials

5 Local and sustainable food

6 Sustainable water

7 Land and wildlife

8 Culture and heritage

9 Equity and local economy

10 Health and happiness

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Around the world the One Planet Living approach is being used by communities, companies and regions, such as here in Guangzhou, China.

BioRegional’s One Planet initiative is a global partnership of innovative organisations, delivering cost-effective solutions to the sustainability challenges that we face.

Our partners not only share their knowledge and expertise, for example through conferences and online tools, but also work together to develop joint projects, such as the Pay as You Save project – a collaboration between B&Q, London Borough of Sutton and BioRegional.

BioRegional promotes the work of our One Planet partners internationally through the media and at high-profile events such as the United Nations Climate Change Conferences and the Earth Summit 2012. Our aim is to change policy and practice by demonstrating these real life sustainability solutions.

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The places we live and work shape our lifestyles. If your house needs lots of energy to stay warm, and you need to drive a car to the nearest shops or school, you will struggle to live within your fair share of the earth’s resources.

One Planet Communities

Sonoma Mountain Village, USACodding Enterprises

Mata de Sesimbra, PortugalPelicano

Ivory Park and Sibaya, South AfricaJohannesburg EcoCity Trust / Tongaat Hulett Developments

BedZED, UKPeabody

Masdar City, Abu DhabiMubadala

Jinshan, Guangzhou, ChinaChina Merchants Property Development

One Brighton, UKBioRegional Quintainand Crest Nicholson

These developments are fully-endorsed One Planet Communities. Others are in the process of becoming endorsed or have used the One Planet Living framework in their design and construction.

Barangaroo, AustraliaLend Lease

Riverside One, UKBioRegional Quintain

Petite Rivière, CanadaGroupe Pacifi c




BedZED, UKPeabody








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By working with partners around the world, BioRegional is coordinating an international network of sustainable communities that are using the One Planet Living framework. Leading developers are rising to the challenges of creating places where people can dramatically reduce their ecological footprint while leading happy and healthy lives.




BedZED, UKPeabody








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BedZED was the UK’s first large-scale mixed use sustainable community, with 100 homes, office space for 80 workers and community facilities. Completed in 2002, BedZED is still the inspiration for low carbon neighbourhoods across the world.

BedZED was developed as a partnership between BioRegional, Peabody and BDa ZEDfactory. Residents at BedZED can reduce the carbon emissions of their whole lifestyle by nearly 50%, including energy use in the home, transport and embodied carbon in food and consumer goods. Provided that government and business reduce carbon emissions from services and products, BedZED and the other featured case studies demonstrate that the 80-90% carbon reductions needed in Europe can be achieved cost effectively.

Carbon emissions from energy use in the home are reduced by 72% compared to similar homes built in 2002, photovoltaics supply 20% of electricity, and a new biomass energy plant and off site renewable energy will mean zero carbon emissions from energy use in the home in the near future.

Research among BedZED residents shows:

a higher reported quality of life, with a strong sense of • community,

significantly lower use of energy for heating • (77% lower than local average), and electricity usage (45% lower than local average),

reduced water consumption – 58% lower than local average,•

a lower rate of car ownership and annual mileage reduced by half • compared to local average,

further lifestyle changes driven by a strong community, • including high recycling rates (60%) and sustainable food choices.

BedZED, UK

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Codding Enterprises is developing North America’s first endorsed One Planet Community at Sonoma Mountain Village, combining new urbanism with deep sustainability in this $1 billion redevelopment of an industrial site.

The 81 hectare site, forty miles north of San Francisco will house 5,000 people in 1,900 homes. There will be some 50,000 m2 of office, retail and commercial space, providing 4,400 jobs.

Sonoma Mountain Village aims to emit zero carbon, produce zero waste, and use zero ground water. Codding Enterprises has already installed the largest privately owned solar array in Northern California - a $7.5 million, 1.5 megawatt, 8,361 m2 array that will power 1,000 homes. Full construction is underway, and the first residents will be moving in during 2010.

Sonoma Mountain Village, USA

Sonoma Mountain Village is home to a 1.5 megawatt solar array – the largest privately owned array in Northern California. It will help power homes, businesses, and a zero carbon data center – the first of its kind in the world.

Among the new businesses at Sonoma Mountain Village is Codding Steel Frame Solutions. The on-site factory will supply 20% of the development’s building materials and create long-term employment for local residents. The new factory creates steel wall, roof and floor panels. It produces no waste and runs on 100% solar power.

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A sustainable communityCodding Enterprises is using the One Planet Living framework to ensure that the entire 1,900 home community will thrive in 2020, with a sustainable ecological footprint. No resident will be more than a five minute walk from groceries, restaurants, day care and other amenities that will in turn offer local, sustainable and Fairtrade products and services. Construction impacts are reduced with zero waste supply chains for construction materials and 1,900 jobs being created. A non-profit business incubator and other investments in long-term management will carry this benefit forward past 2020.

A natural home for sustainable businessesCommercial, office and industrial space occupies over 55,000m2 within the 10 hectare business centre at Sonoma Mountain Village. There are currently 600 employees employed in 21 businesses, including AT&T, Comcast, Codding Construction and Codding Steel Frame Solutions. The non-profit Sonoma Mountain Business Cluster is 60% full, with over 25 sustainability-oriented technology start-up companies and social enterprises.

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BioRegional Quintain and Crest Nicholson are the developers behind this award-winning 172 home One Planet Community, plus cafe, training centre and commercial space.

The ten One Planet Living principles were used as a framework for developing sustainable solutions for design, construction and lifestyles at One Brighton. Construction includes the greenest concrete frame in the UK, natural clay blocks and wood fibre insulation. An on-site biomass boiler and PV panels provide approximately 50% of energy requirements with the remainder purchased as guaranteed green electricity through One Brighton Energy Services company.

The first residents moved in during summer 2009, benefiting from green lifestyle features including roof top allotments, communal sky gardens, a car club and a green caretaker. By saving costs on expensive underground car parking, it was possible to build better quality greener buildings, enabling a profitable development without charging more to the customer. This is a real breakthrough, as it shows that building sustainable communities does not need to cost more.

One Brighton, UK

One Brighton incorporates the greenest concrete frame in the UK, using 50% cement replacement and 100% recycled aggregate.

Green lifestyle features include roof top allotments, a car club and a green caretaking service.

Masdar City, Abu DhabiIn September 2008, building began at Masdar City, a zero-carbon zero-waste and car-free community in Abu Dhabi.

Masdar will house approximately 50,000 people and up to 1,500 businesses focusing on sustainable products and services.

Masdar City is being developed by Mubadala and masterplanned by Foster & Partners, and aims to enable One Planet Living through a range of infrastructure and design features set out in the One Planet Action Plan, developed in a process led by the One Planet Communities team at BioRegional.

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Barangaroo is a 22ha site in the heart of Sydney, the development of which is split into three stages.

BioRegional is working with Lend Lease, the developer of stage one, to draw up a One Planet Action Plan that includes targets such as a zero carbon site, 75% reduction in energy demand, and 87% diversion from landfill of operational waste.

Barangaroo, Australia

Jinshan, ChinaBioRegional worked with China Merchants Property Development to develop a One Planet Action Plan for the 5,000 home Jinshan development in Guangzhou.

The first phase has now been completed and it integrates many features from the Action Plan, resulting in a 65% reduction in energy consumption, solar hot water for 500 homes, and waste water treatment on site which will reduce water consumption by 36,000m3 per year.

China Merchants Property Development was recently awarded one of five UN-Habitat green business awards for the Jinshan development.

Ivory Park and Sibaya, South AfricaAt the World Summit on Sustainable Development In 2002, BioRegional supported Johannesburg EcoCity Trust to create a demonstration of eco-houses and a community centre at Ivory Park Township.

More recently BioRegional has been working with Tongaat Hulett Developments and eThekwini municipality to apply the ten One Planet Living principles to the proposed Sibaya development north of Umhlanga in Durban, creating an overarching ‘one planet’ strategy for the entire 850 hectare site including 6,000 residential units, 6 hotels and commercial space.

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This €1 billion integrated sustainable building, tourism, nature conservation and reforestation programme by developer Pelicano, was the world’s first endorsed One Planet Community.

South of Lisbon, the 5,300 hectare site contains a 4,800 hectare nature reserve and native pine and oak forest restoration project – the largest private forest restoration project in Europe. Alongside this is a 500 hectare tourism development comprising around 5,000 units.

Mata de Sesimbra, Portugal

Building the community centre at Ivory Park Township

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Around the world, as legislation and consumer demand encourages a more sustainable approach to business, companies and other organisations are increasingly demonstrating their green credentials.

BioRegional is supporting businesses, charities and other organisations in taking a holistic approach to carbon reduction and sustainable business by applying the One Planet Living framework. Some organisations, like B&Q, have formally adopted the programme to become endorsed One Planet Companies, while many others simply use the One Planet Living framework to inform their business operations.

For example, BioRegional worked with Nokia to carry out ecological and carbon footprint analysis and develop sustainability strategies for their factories in Hungary and Copenhagen. The strategies will help Nokia to reduce the impact of building emissions, waste, transport, materials, water and food as well as engage staff and influence suppliers.

One Planet Companies

BioRegional’s free One Planet Action Plan toolkit is helping businesses around the world to use the One Planet Living framework to work more efficiently and reduce their environmental impact. The toolkit can be downloaded at www.oneplanetvision.org

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B&Q, the UK’s largest home improvement and garden retailer and part of the Kingfisher Group, is working with BioRegional to reduce the environmental impact of its activities, leading to a 90% cut in direct emissions by 2023. To meet this stretching target, all stores will need to be zero carbon and emissions from transport cut by at least 50%.

The company has already made impressive progress: Based on reporting in 2009, B&Q has made an absolute saving of 16% CO2 compared to its emissions in 2006. This was achieved even with an increase in turnover and without any offsetting or green energy tariffs. Further achievements include smart water metering which has reduced water consumption by 13.6 million litres per annum, and a 58% recycling rate, from a 2006 baseline of 29%.

Using the One Planet Living principles, sustainability is embedded into the company’s governance structure. Sustainability is one of B&Q’s seven key business plans and progress is reported to the Board of Directors. Managers across the company have specific sustainability targets and actions relating to their day to day responsibilities, from lighting refurbishments through to food procurement and employee engagement.

One Planet Home by B&Q

B&Q has already reduced absolute CO2 emissions from its logistics fleet by 22% against the 2006 baseline. To make further carbon savings B&Q is now introducing a number of double-deck trailers which carry 50% more stock.

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B&Q is also helping its customers to reduce their carbon and ecological footprint through the One Planet Home product range and an ecological footprint calculator, developed with BioRegional. The One Planet Home products are assessed against the ten One Planet Living principles, while the calculator allows B&Q customers to see where their impacts arise and get a personalised eco-action plan.

Small businesses, big carbon savings BioRegional has also developed its own working supply chains and products which demonstrate low carbon, resource-efficient enterprise in action.

BioRegional Charcoal Company supplies locally-produced charcoal and wood products to national retailers in the UK using a decentralised, network production model. This reduces carbon emissions in delivering the product to the store by 85%.

The Laundry, a kerbside recycling collection service for small businesses in London, was formed by BioRegional. The Laundry collects paper which is sent to the local paper mill for recycling. Customers then buy back the recycled paper. This local loop reduces the ecological footprint of paper use by 93% and energy use by 78% compared to virgin imported paper.

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With the power to effect change through planning decisions, retrofit programmes and influencing behaviour, local authorities can lead the way towards a sustainable future.

While developers and retailers are well placed to influence their own customers, suppliers and stakeholders, it requires commitment and action from central and local government to encourage and enable sustainable lifestyles on a large scale.

BioRegional is supporting government organisations in the UK and internationally in using the One Planet Living framework to promote sustainability across regions and municipalities. Some organisations, like the London Borough of Sutton, have formally adopted One Planet Living targets and are part of the endorsed One Planet Regions programme, while many others use the One Planet Living framework to inform their own sustainability strategies.

One Planet Regions

Middlesbrough Council has adopted the One Planet Living model to provide a new sustainability framework for council activities. It has published a draft One Planet Living Action Plan to present a programme of short, medium, and long-term actions and provide a focus for consultation throughout the Middlesbrough community.

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One Planet Sutton is a major initiative that is helping local people, business and council services within the London Borough of Sutton to live and work within their fair share of the earth’s resources.

As a typical London commuter suburb with 80,000 homes and 186,000 residents, One Planet Sutton will have a major impact, both in its own right and through the lessons that can be applied to other regions.

With BioRegional’s support, Sutton Council developed a One Planet Action Plan that sets targets for council operations and a series of interventions that will enable Sutton residents and businesses to achieve one planet living by 2025. The targets include for all council buildings to be zero carbon by 2017 and the whole borough “enabled” to be zero carbon by 2025.

Activities will also be focused on a 2,500 home pilot area, reducing energy demand through a retrofit programme and supplying renewable energy to make the area zero carbon. The project will tackle the key issue of behaviour change to demonstrate by 2012 how a whole neighbourhood can live and work sustainably.

Other projects launched as part of One Planet Sutton include a community farm and mobile local food market, and a business engagement project to help local small businesses save energy and operate more efficiently.

One Planet Sutton

Sutton is one of 32 London boroughs. BioRegional and the London Sustainable Development Commission recently completed a study, Capital Consumption , which benchmarked London’s consumption-based CO2 emissions and modelled how they could be reduced by the required 90% by 2050. In showing how it can be done, we hope this will be taken up in London and used in other cities. The report can be downloaded from www.bioregional.com

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BioRegional is working with forward-thinking organisations around the world, that are committed to demonstrating that a sustainable future is not simply possible, but actually happening right now.

With encouragement and commitment from governments, together with clear and challenging targets, we can work together to achieve a sustainable future today.

Visit www.bioregional.com or call +44 (0)20 8404 4880 for more information about our work and to find out how we can help you.

One Planet solutions for a sustainable future

Published by BioRegional, BedZED Centre, 24 Helios Road, Wallington,Surrey, UK SM6 7BZ Registered charity no 1041486

Photo credits:

Cover, p2-3 • Marcus Lyon p5 • China Merchants Property Development p12 • Feilden Clegg Bradley Studiosp13(L) • Greg King, Construction News p13(R) • Crest Nicholson/BioRegional Quintainp18 • B&Q

“BioRegional are pioneers in reinventing our economy”Achim SteinerExecutive Director United Nations Environment Programme

BioRegional is very grateful for the generous support of our funders and partners, including the Skoll Foundation, Ashden Trust, The Body Shop Foundation, and The Rufford Maurice Laing Foundation.

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