Marshall supports this policy, with regards to reducing carbon and increasing reliance on renewables. The emphasis will be to support the design of development that is very energy efficient. The potential for the use of on-site and local off-site renewables is also to be investigated as the vision develops and Marshall is currently seeking support to help develop an energy strategy focussed on renewables for Cambridge East.

Marshall also appreciates, however, that there is significant movement towards greening of the centralised national grid. Marshall considers it may be more efficient in the future to utilise green energy from the grid rather than to produce it locally and therefore believes policy should be flexible enough to support that if necessary.