LowCVP Conference 2006 - summary and feedback
Fri 23 June 2006
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The LowCVP conference - held on June 15 at the DTI Conference Centre, Westminster - featured the announcement of the winners of the LowCVP's 'Road Transport Challenge', the results of new research into the impacts of the colour-coded fuel economy label and a keynote speech from Energy Minister, Malcolm Wicks. Nearly 200 delegates attended the conference.
The four best entries to the year-long LowCVP 'Challenge' were presented and these, with four additional submissions, were published in a booklet produced to accompany the conference (see download option below).
The LowCVP Deputy Director, Jonathan Murray, reported on the latest research into the roll-out and effectiveness of the colour-coded environment label for new cars that was introduced under a LowCVP-brokered initiative a year ago. Around three-quarters of car dealerships are now displaying the label. (For full details of all the research see Jonathan Murray's presentation - link below.)
The LowCVP secretariat has received generally very positive feedback about the event to date. Based on 50 responses to a post-conference survey, 88% of delegates described the conference as 'very good' or 'good'. When asked about 'value for money' 74% of respondents said the conference was 'good value' while 24% said it was 'average' and 2%, 'poor'.
The most highly-rated session of the conference was on the LowCVP 'Challenge'. 44% of respondents described this session as 'very good' and a further 40% ranking it 'good'. There was also a very favourable response to the LowCVP 'Challenge' booklet with 58% rating it as 'very good' and a further 32% as 'good'.
At the opening of his speech the Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks said: "The LowCVP has been recognised internationally as a best practice government and industry partnership."
To read the Minister's full speech, or any of the other formal presentations, please follow the link below.
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