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GMV’s 10 targets, how they’re being measured and what progress is being made
Target	Benchmark standard	Source and basis for assessment	Current improvement	Progress	Gain after five years	Target after five years
1. Primary energy consumption for typical dwelling	28,920KWHr	BRE surveys on energy. Monitored by metered energy	65%	CHP on phases 1/2. Insulation to meet new Part L.	80%	5784 KWHr
2. Embodied energy for typical dwelling	55 tonnes CO2	BRE surveys. Audited by design team	25%	BRE audit of embodied energy in initial designs shows 25% cut.	50%	27.5 tonnes CO2
3. Water consumption	160 l/person/day	Thames Water. Metered	12%	Water saving devices/harvesting.	30%	112l/person/day
4. Construction cost (excluding infrastructure and land)	phase 1: £975m2 phase 2 aparts: 975m2; phase 2: £880m2; phase 2 houses: £704m2	TWCD and Countryside base cost plans. Monitored through outturn costs with adjustments for inflation, market and innovation	No change	Prefabrication/standardisation. Strategic partnering on way.	30%	£612 per m2
5. Build duration detail design to practical completion for 100 units	80 weeks for phase 1	TWCD and Countryside programmes. Monitored through outturn durations	5%	EDMS. More off-site manufacture.	25%	60 weeks
6. Construction defects at practical completion	160 defects per apartment	Quality management reports. Defect listing	No change	QM framework. Analysis of past performance. Staged inspections	-	Zero
7. Efficient construction management and reduce waste removed from site during construction	50 m3 per unit	Waste operators and BRE. Monitored by BRE	25%	On site waste measurement and actions. Analysing past practice. Support funding (£120 000 from landfill tax rebate scheme).	50%	25 m3 per unit
8. Integration of tenures	limited data available	Mixed tenure is a feature, precise mix to be agreed	-	Study of practices. Community development manager appointed	19%	All affordable units occupied
9. Promotion of mixed use	limited data available	-	-	Community development and village management study.	-	All mixed use occupied
10. Encouragement of sustainability	limited data available	Regular examination of use of wind and solar power	-	BT partnership for village-wide ICT. Community website live.	-	-