These are a series of suggestions which emerged from the workshops held at the conference.
1 Reduced energy demand should be a policy objective within the Mayor's Energy Strategy. To this end, he should press for measures such as increased cycling facilities, and promotion of sustainable design for passive ventilation to replace cooling systems.
2 To stabilise London's electricity consumption to the current consumption level, the GLA and London Energy Partnership should initiate a series of energy conservation and efficiency programmes.
3 The Mayor should lobby the government to introduce incentives to increase energy efficiency and to reduce energy demand.
4 New energy regulations will be needed to ration energy use over the next decade in order to reduce per capita energy consumption to the level required by contraction and convergence in 2050.
5 London's renewable energy target for 2010 should be set at 10% of London's total energy consumption. It should be expressed as both electricity and heat.
6 Since off-shore wind power in the Thames Estuary is one of the most promising renewable energy technologies for London, the government should introduce supportive policy measures and reform the New Energy Trading Arrangement (NETA) to fast-track the development of wind power between now and 2010.
7 ETSU's target for wind turbines should be increased by the GLA.
8 Photovoltaics (PV) is a promising renewable technology which could make an important contribution to London's renewable energy target by 2010 and beyond. The government should follow the example of Germany and provide fiscal incentives to promote PV, such as preferential prices for PV electricity.
9 The GLA and the London Development Agency (LDA) should encourage investment in a large-scale PV plant to reduce the cost of PV.
10 The GLA should explore the possibility of a revenue-bond initiative which resulted in a 25% PV penetration of the market in California.
11 To assess their climate change impact, the Mayor should require planning applications referable to the Mayor to include a CO2 assessment of all emissions generated by the application, including access by public transport.
12 London should develop a heat grid to take advantage of its high density and energy demand.
13 The LDA should initiate a London Renewables Fund.
14 The LDA should be asked to consider the energy infrastructure and implications of the Thames Gateway development.
15 Utility companies should have a duty
to provide information on heat and electricity consumption at household and area
level.