Event: Pioneering Carbon Net Zero, Community-Led Co-Housing for Bridport Community Land Trust

Join The Green Register to hear about the largest completed cohousing project in the UK, which includes a community microgrid and detailing to AECB standards.

Barefoot Architects, with Piers Sadler of Delta Q, and Damon Rand from CEPRO, will describe this pioneering community-led affordable housing project in Bridport, West Dorset, which takes a radical approach to collective design, multi-generational mutually supportive living, food production, transport, and energy at scale. Delivered in partnership with Homes England, Dorset Council, Bournemouth Churches Housing Association, and a design and build contractor, the project achieves the AECB building standard, using off-site manufactured SIPS and incorporates a range of renewable energy features (PV, ASHP, MVHR).

Piers Sadler will discuss the AECB building standard, its benefits, and certification process – with a practical reflection on how it was achieved within a design and build contract. And Damon Rand will describe the Community Microgrid, which allows the development to generate electricity across its entire south facing roof-scape with a huge Battery Energy Storage System on site.

The project is a radical example of what is possible for the future of housing in the UK, and the power of community-led, cohousing projects.