Business Chief USA July 2019
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influences their energy performance,”<br />
says Guido. “We also use RETScreen<br />
to monitor progress towards our<br />
reduction targets. For example, our<br />
current corporate energy management<br />
plan has a target of a 9% reduction in<br />
building energy consumption, and we<br />
use the software to monitor how close<br />
we are to reaching that target,”<br />
explains Guido. Caledon is well on its<br />
way to meeting its current goals, and<br />
McFadyen enthuses that doing so is<br />
just the beginning.<br />
Another major area of focus is<br />
transport, with McFadyen’s team<br />
working not only to reduce the GHG<br />
impact of Caledon’s fleet but also to lay<br />
the groundwork for future vehicular<br />
solutions. “One of our main focuses<br />
with Town-owned vehicles will be<br />
developing a corporate green fleet<br />
strategy and doing some modelling to<br />
see what types of lower-emission fuels<br />
are less harmful to the environment,”<br />
says Guido. Progress has already been<br />
made in this area, with McFadyen<br />
EXECUTIVE PROFILE<br />
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Katelyn McFadyen<br />
Katelyn McFadyen is Manager of the Energy and Environment<br />
Division at the Town of Caledon. Having completed her Master’s<br />
degree in Environmental Sustainability at the University of<br />
Edinburgh, McFadyen has worked at the Town for almost six<br />
years as a key driver of the Town’s environmental portfolio<br />
successes. In her previous role as Energy and Environment<br />
Officer, McFadyen launched the Corporate Energy Team<br />
and established the Town’s Corporate Energy Revolving<br />
Fund, a self-sustaining fund that financially enables<br />
energy retrofits in Town facilities. McFadyen is<br />
currently updating the Town’s community climate<br />
change mitigation and adaptation action plan, driving<br />
the implementation of the Peel Climate Change Strategy,<br />
and leading the Energy and Environment Division.<br />
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