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Ten targets for the 1377-dwelling Millennium Village
Targets over five years	Solutions adopted	Progress in first 289 dwelling designs
80% primary energy reduction	Gas-fired combined heat and power, plus passive solar gain, improved insulation and controls in dwellings	65% primary energy reduction (WS Atkins audit)
50% embodied-energy reduction in building materials	Concrete using recycled aggregates, cement render cladding, timber framing and cladding, and aluminium external trim	25% embodied-energy reduction in building materials (BRE audit)
30% water consumption reduction	Grey water and surface water recycling, efficient WCs and showers	12% reduction in water consumption (WS Atkins audit)
30% construction cost reduction	Egan principles of quality management framework, modular construction and off-site prefabrication, including steel-framed bathroom pods, innovative pre-rendered cladding panels and composite timber-frame panels	“All innovative construction carries a premium in costs and programme at first because contractors are entering the unknown. The first two sub-phases are still on programme despite a cladding subcontractor dropping out after three months. For later sub-phases, costs are now reducing.” (Ross Hammond, project director)
25% construction duration reduction
Zero construction defects		“The first nine houses will all be defect-free on handover.” (Ross Hammond)
50% site wastage reduction		15% reduction in site wastage (BRE audit)
19% integration of affordable and open-market dwellings	Physical integration and indistinguishable appearance	47 affordable homes in identical shells to low-rise houses for sale
Mix of uses	Live-work homes and 4460 m2 of commercial development, but no office or industrial development	14 live-work homes, a primary school and health centre
Sustainable community	Lifetime homes made adaptable by sliding partitions, mobility-standard doors and bathrooms and capacity for internal lifts