Greenwich Millennium Village

Location: Greenwich, Greater London, UK 51 hours 29 minutes and 34 seconds N 0 hours 0 minutes and 45 seconds E

Annual Rain: 23.2 inches

Building Type: Mixed use; residential, commercial

Area: Site is 72 acres or 3,136,320 square feet OfficeSpace70,396squarefeet Retail Space 25,000 square feet Residential Units 2,956

Completion Date 2008Client: Countryside Properties, Taylor Woodrow Developments English Partnerships

Design Team: Tovatt Architects & Planners John Robertson Associates EPR EDAW Proctor and Matthews Architects

Project Basics

English Partnership along with private com-paniesjoinedtogetherfinanciallytomakethisproject into a reality. The goal of all millenium communities is to “set standards for energy ef-ficiency,waterconsumption,builidngdefects,recyclying and health and safety on site.”(UDC)

All communities are also located on challenging sitesthatneedattentionpriortobreakingintothe ground. Greenwich was of course no excep-tiontothatruleandwasformerlyagasworkssite.

BackgroundandContext

SiteLocatedonaGasWorksSitethathadbeeninoperation for about 100 years. Due to the nature ofthesite,cleanupwasneededinordertotakecare of the industrial waste from the century before.

Sustainability Goals: 80% reduction in primary energy consumption 65% as of March 2007 30% reduction in water use 25% as of March 2007 50% reduction in construction waste This goal was reached 25% reduction in car usage with 10 years of implementation 30% reduction in construction cost 20% as of March 2007

How: Primary energy consumption lowered through a combination of local electricity generation, improved insulation,andenergyefficient devices Constuction waste was decreased and also saved 150,000 pounds

Sustainability

Directions

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