Dr. Jo Williams

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  www.eponline.com/articles/61050/ - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/21/2008    Last Visited: 5/19/2008  

  A paper by Jo Williams, Ph.D., at University College London suggests this low-carbon lifestyle is appealing to Americans because it lowers energy use and offers health and social benefits for families and older people seeking secure and affordable homes.
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  Williams of the Bartlett School of Planning says that until recently, cohousing has occupied a niche market in the United States, largely because the development model adopted has been led by residents.
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  Williams says: "The emergence of new models of development has expanded the market particularly in California, Massachusetts, Colorado, and Washington D.C.

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  Published on: 11/18/2009    Last Visited: 11/30/2009  

  Until now, cohousing has occupied a niche market in the US, but the paper by Dr Jo Williams at UCL (University College London) suggests the situation is changing.
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  In a paper published in Futures Journal, Dr Jo Williams of the UCL Bartlett School of Planning says that until recently, cohousing has occupied a niche market in the US, largely because the development model adopted has been resident-led.
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  Dr Jo Williams of the UCL Bartlett School of Planning says: "The emergence of new models of development has expanded the market for cohousing in the US, particularly in California, Massachusetts, Colorado and Washington DC.

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  Published on: 5/10/2007    Last Visited: 5/10/2007  

  Jo Williams bsc mphilemail: joanna.williams@ucl.ac.uk

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  Published on: 1/29/2008    Last Visited: 1/29/2008  

  With expansion planned in areas such as the London to Stansted and Cambridge corridor, Milton Keynes, the Thames Gateway, Ashford, and the South Midlands, the development could be a "marvellous opportunity" to tackle climate change, University College London's Jo Williams said.
  
  But the top environmental standards for sustainable homes must be made compulsory for all new houses, she said.
  
  There also needs to be investment in developing the technology and infrastructure to ensure that all new homes could become zero-carbon, a target which the Government aims to reach by 2016.
  
  In a paper published in the Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Dr Williams said the environmental performance standards set by the Government were not strong enough.
  
  The Code for Sustainable Homes aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and introduce greater energy and water efficiency, recycling facilities, sustainable building materials and waste and ecological considerations.
  
  But while publicly-funded homes must currently meet the three-star grade, compared with the top six-star rating for the most zero-carbon homes with state of the art technology, the code is voluntary for private builds.
  
  Working up from low environmental targets to improved levels over time was unlikely to drive the delivery of "green" or zero-carbon homes, said Dr Williams, of UCL's Bartlett School of Planning.
  
  With the most ambitious housing growth planned since the 1960s, she said it was estimated the new housing could generate 5.7 million tonnes of CO2 and 1.8 million tonnes of waste and use 9.8 million tonnes of construction materials.
  
  New households living in the growth regions could generate 9.9 million tonnes of CO2, 3 million tonnes of waste and consumer 29 billion litres of water each year, she said.
  
  There is a need to introduce tougher standards and more efficient, cost-effective and reliable technology - along with expertise in the building sector - if the ecological footprint of the new homes is to be reduced.
  
  "The housing growth programme planned for England and Wales could provide a marvellous opportunity to tackle climate change if approached differently, but currently appears set to be an environmental disaster," Dr Williams said.
  
  "The housing programme provides Government with an excellent opportunity to move towards its carbon reduction targets, but to do so will require that higher performance standards become mandatory for all new housing.
  
  "The Government needs to address this urgently and provide investment to ensure that environmentally sustainable housing does not come at the price of exacerbating the housing shortage."
  
  Dr Williams added: "Contrary to popular belief cost is not the key barrier to developing housing to higher environment standards.
  
  "Insufficient regulatory standards, technological, infrastructural and knowledge capacity are the key barriers to overcome."
  
  She also said that interviews with residents and developers in existing properties found maintenance of "green" technology often proved difficult, while some homeowners removed equipment and replaced it with low-performance alternatives to match their colour schemes.

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  Published on: 2/11/2008    Last Visited: 3/18/2008  

  Dr Jo Williams of University College, London says environmental standards are not stringent enough and that there has not been enough investment in new technologies and infrastructure.And she estimates that construction of the new housing envisaged could generate 5.7 million tonnes of carbon dioxide, 1.8 million tonnes of waste and could use 9.8 million tonnes of construction materials.New households living in the growth regions could generate 9.9 million tonnes of carbon dioxide, 3 million tonnes of waste and consume 29 billion litres of water annually.
  
  She argues that phasing in tougher standards under the code for sustainable homes is unlikely to drive the advances in technology needed.Developers and residents do not understand green technologies, she says, with residents often ripping out the ones that are installed and replacing them with low performance alternatives. 'The housing programme provides government with an excellent opportunity to move towards its carbon reduction targets, but to do so will require higher performance standards becoming mandatory for all new housing.

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  Published on: 1/29/2008    Last Visited: 2/21/2008  

  The Government's housing growth programme could provide a ‘marvellous opportunity' to tackle climate change, but is currently set to be an ‘environmental disaster', according to an article published in the new edition of the Journal of Environmental Planning and Management by Dr Jo Williams, UCL Bartlett School of Planning.
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  Insufficient regulatory standards, technological, infrastructural and knowledge capacity are the key barriers to overcome," said Dr Williams.
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  "The housing growth programme planned for England and Wales could provide a marvellous opportunity to tackle climate change if approached differently, but currently appears set to be an environmental disaster," said Dr Williams.

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  Published on: 6/28/2007    Last Visited: 10/30/2008  

  Jo Williams is Lecturer in Sustainable Development at the Bartlett School of Planning, University College London (See her CV)

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  BBC NEWS | UK | Single households 'waste energy' - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/31/2006    Last Visited: 7/31/2006  

  "Previously, the typical one-person householder was the widow, often on a tight budget and thrifty," said Dr Jo Williams, of UCL's Bartlett School of Planning.

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  Britain's new social class - 05 Aug 2006 - World News - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/4/2006    Last Visited: 8/4/2006  

  Dr Jo Williams, of UCL's Bartlett School of Planning, says one-person households consume 38 per cent more products, 42 per cent more packaging, 55 per cent more electricity and 61 per cent more gas than their paired-up contemporaries.

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  Chartered Institute of Housing South East Region - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/29/2008    Last Visited: 10/18/2009  

  The government has missed the chance to make new homes environmental trailblazers says Dr Jo Williams, lecturer in environmental sustainable development at the University of London.

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