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1868 <br />e. Determine the impact of current l and use p o l i c i e s and actions <br />on energy use and reaffirm or point out adjustments to land' <br />use policies, regulations and activities as necessary to <br />reflect these considerations, <br />f. Research revisions to regulations which would have a positive <br />effect on the use of renewable, decentralized energy sources, <br />such as solar energy. <br />g . Research land use patterns which would f a c i l i t a t e the use of <br />centralized, small-scale energy generation and storage in <br />residential, commercial, industrial and mixed -use applications. <br />h. Specify implementation processes. <br />2. Carefully control through the use of operating techniques and other <br />methods energy related actions such as automobile use in order to <br />minimize adverse air quality impacts. Trade -offs between air <br />quality and energy actions shall be made with the best possible <br />understanding of how one process affects the other. <br />3. Land a l l o c a t i o n and development patterns shall permit the highest <br />possible current and future utilization of solar energy for space <br />heating and cooling, in balance with the requirements of other <br />planning policies. <br />4, Encourage development that takes advantage of natural conditions <br />such as microcl imate, and u t i l i z e s renewable energy supplies such <br />as solar energy to m i n im i ze ' nonrenewab 1 e, and overall energy <br />consumption. <br />5 . Resource recovery f a c i l i t i e s may serve as a valuable energy source. <br />Their operation and refinement should be investigated by all metro- <br />politan area jurisdictions. Source separation of recyclable ma- <br />terials from waste should be encouraged as a separate, related. <br />energy conservation measure* <br />5, Local jurisdictions and utilities shall examine methods of ex- <br />panding existing residential, commercial and industrial energy <br />conservation programs, one potential method would be offering <br />advice concerning the use of solar water heating systems. <br />7. Encourage medium and high density residential uses when balanced <br />with other planning policies in order to maximize the efficient <br />utilization of all forms of energy. The greatest energy savings <br />can be made in the areas of space heating and cooling and trans- <br />portation. For example, the highest relative densities of resi- <br />dential development shall be concentrated to the greatest extent <br />possible in areas that are or can be well served by mass transit, <br />par atr an s i t and foot and b i c y c l e paths, <br />III -J -a <br />