One Planet SuttonRetrofitting sustainable living in the suburbs

Tom Chance

Researcher to the Director, BioRegional

Sneak preview

• The context and one planet living

• Getting the most out of new housing

• Beyond insulation – zero carbon retrofits

Introducing BioRegional

Our vision

BioRegional's vision is of thriving regional economies where we meet more of our needs from local, renewable and waste resources, enabling people to enjoy a high quality of life within their fair share of the earth's resources.

The context – towards one planet living

The UK’s average ecological footprint

Total footprint = 5.45 Gha per person (REAP)

The UK’s carbon dioxide emissions

Total CO2 emissions = 11.87 tonnes per person (REAP)

We’re on track for 7 degrees of warming

Our aim – One Planet Living

BedZED – sustainable living in Sutton

Solutions – the way it's built

Solutions – BedZED helps you

Solutions – some things are done together

One Planet Living framework

Exemplary One Planet Living demonstrations

One Planet Sutton

One Planet Living at BedZED?

Average = 2.6 planetsKeen = 1.7 planets

One planet living at BedZED?

• When residents leave BedZED they're in the 3 planet world

• At this scale we can only tackle 2/3rds of our footprint

New property developments

Infrastructure and services to enable and unlock behaviour change

Housing construction and maintenance

• Less infrastructure

• Low-impact materials and techniques

Home energy

• Energy efficiency (be lean)

• Behaviour (be green)– Energy use information (smart meters)

• Renewable supply (be clean)

Transport

• Filtered permeability makes low-carbon travel the default mode

• Car clubs, bicycle clubs, public transport etc. enable people to make modal shifts

Food

• Social and environmentally complex

• Land with “tool libraries” can help to rebuild communities

Consumer goods

• Aim: a culture of quality, and leisure activities that are sociable and healthy (not shopping)

• Make open spaces and community facilities more pervasive and attractive than shops

Government and business

• Responsible for 25% of our emissions

• Sutton Council and wider public sector can lead the way, creating conditions for residents, businesses and CSOs to follow

Two very different opportunities

• Station site – small

• Felnex site – medium, adjacent to school & business units

Mixing the new with the old

• Adjacent to:– BedZED– Church– Community

centre– Housing– Landfill

Beyond insulation – zero carbon retrofits

The Great British Refurb

The action plan challenge

• 80,000 homes in the Borough

• 185,900 residents

• “No London Borough is an island” - John Donne

Zero carbon retrofit in Sutton

• 5,047 homes/year from 2010 to 2025

• Payback = 20 years

• Integrated approach for 1 visit / household

Making it happen - finance

• Finance mechanisms:– ESCO/MUSCO with bill surcharge– Energy bills charge through third party– Council tax surcharge– Equity release– Subsidies

Making it happen - delivery

• Delivery mechanisms:– Targeted marketing campaign– Estate agents– Social housing stock maintenance– Street by street

Making it happen -skills and jobs

• Training– Efficiency & micro-generation techniques– Spotting opportunities for incidental

measures

• Accreditation

• Co-ordination to reach all homes

The stakeholder challenge

• Local authority• Greater Lond0n Authority, Transport for London,

etc.• Government Office for London, Defra, CLG, BERR• Schools, hospitals, libraries, other municipal

facilities• Local businesses (high proportion of SMEs)• Voluntary sector organisations• Unaffiliated residents and workers

Transforming Sutton together

• Council-led action plan

• Empowering business, resident and voluntary communities

• Establish new companies, training courses, etc.

Council-led action

• Action planning – entirely new

• Delivery – through existing work plans and local strategic partnerships

• Monitoring – EMAS, MORI polls

Community empowerment

• Simply impossible to directly reach every resident, business and voluntary group

• Empowering key community groups:– Sutton Federation of Residents & Tenants

Associations– Sutton Centre for the Voluntary Sector &

Volunteer Centre– Sutton Chamber of Commerce– Carshalton College & school network

Kick-starting new companies

• Businesses and social enterprises are long-term sustainable delivery mechanisms

• ESCO / MUSCO for energy services

• Local food network for schools & hospitals

A green new deal for Sutton

One Planet SuttonRetrofitting sustainable living in the suburbs

Over to you!