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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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