{"id":47191,"date":"2018-09-17T12:22:09","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T11:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=47191"},"modified":"2018-09-17T12:22:09","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T11:22:09","slug":"zedpods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/zedpods\/47191\/","title":{"rendered":"ZEDFactory to provide 23 prefabricated homes for college development"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbeds.ac.uk\/\">Central Bedfordshire College<\/a> has selected\u00a0ZEDPods, a new offsite manufacturer of low-cost starter-homes, for a development on college land which will offer\u00a023 prefabricated\u00a0homes to Dunstable\u2019s nurses, teachers and firefighters<\/h2>\n<p>The development is set to be the first project of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zedfactory.com\/\">ZEDFactory<\/a>, whose prefab ZEDPod homes are designed by Bill Dunster to be low cost and energy efficient.<\/p>\n<p>ZEDPods are designed to be built on plots of land not considered suitable for housing, for example city centre car park locations, either on the ground or assembled on raised platforms.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/modular-construction-news\/modular-homes-misconceptions\/43516\/\">prefabricated homes<\/a> are factory-built to high standards, being super insulated, triple glazed, with heat recovery ventilation, low-carbon technology and lots of daylight.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_47195\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47195\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-47195 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Zedpods-to-provide-23-prefabricated-homes-for-college-development-1-1024x613.jpg\" alt=\"Zedpods\" width=\"696\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Zedpods-to-provide-23-prefabricated-homes-for-college-development-1-1024x613.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Zedpods-to-provide-23-prefabricated-homes-for-college-development-1-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Zedpods-to-provide-23-prefabricated-homes-for-college-development-1-768x460.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Zedpods-to-provide-23-prefabricated-homes-for-college-development-1-696x417.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Zedpods-to-provide-23-prefabricated-homes-for-college-development-1-1068x639.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Zedpods-to-provide-23-prefabricated-homes-for-college-development-1-701x420.jpg 701w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Zedpods-to-provide-23-prefabricated-homes-for-college-development-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 ZEDfactory<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dunster, who set up ZEDPods in 2016, said: \u201cAs the pods are constructed from\u00a0quality fireproof, durable and robust materials, they are\u00a0designed to last as long as a traditionally built home. The pods\u2019 solar roofs generate more energy than the houses consume, so they will also have\u00a0the lowest possible running costs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ZEDPod owners will have their own balcony and front door, a kitchen and dining table, a bathroom, a lounge with stairs leading to a mezzanine floor bed space, with home office desk, double bed, wardrobe and storage.\u00a0ZEDPods will be sold with a \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/www.qassurebuild.co.uk\/\">Q Assure<\/a>\u2019 mortgageable warranty.<\/p>\n<p>Ali Hadawi, principal of Central Bedfordshire College,\u00a0said: \u201cWe are delighted that Central Bedfordshire College is able to support the local area needs and ZEDPods with the creation of environmentally friendly housing solutions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe look forward to working with ZEDPods to develop new teaching courses about modern forms of construction utilising the most cutting-edge, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/modular-construction-news\/modular-construction-guide\/44042\/\">eco-friendly construction<\/a> techniques to our learners and to seeing the benefits that this innovation will have on our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Local MP Andrew Selous\u00a0praised the development, saying: \u201cBill Dunster set out a compelling case for affordable zero energy bill homes that people want to live in. There is a huge demand for affordable housing and I will do what I can to keep this matter at the top of the government\u2019s list of priorities.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Central Bedfordshire College has selected\u00a0ZEDPods, a new offsite manufacturer of low-cost starter-homes, for a development on college land which will offer\u00a023 prefabricated\u00a0homes to Dunstable\u2019s nurses, teachers and firefighters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[942],"tags":[666,676,916,627,696],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-47191","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-mmc-news","7":"tag-affordable-housing","8":"tag-construction","9":"tag-modern-methods-of-construction","10":"tag-modular-construction","11":"tag-offsite-construction"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ZEDFactory to provide 23 prefabricated homes for college development<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Central Bedfordshire College has selected\u00a0ZEDPods, a new offsite manufacturer of low-cost starter-homes, for a development on college land\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/zedpods\/47191\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ZEDFactory to provide 23 prefabricated homes for college development\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Central Bedfordshire College has selected\u00a0ZEDPods, a new offsite manufacturer of low-cost starter-homes, for a development on college land\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/zedpods\/47191\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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