1. The Association of Energy Engineers
Southern Ontario chapter March 27th 2012
Toronto City Hall
3rd Floor, East Tower
100 Queen Street West
Cordially invites you to it’s first meeting for 2012 Toronto, Ontario
M5H 2N2
Session one – 1:00PM – 2:30PM
Engaging Employees in Sustainability Projects
Agenda
Sustainability is a “sweetspot” for companies in the face of a $ 350 Billion employee disengage-
ment problem. Sustainability projects have the ability to connect what is important to employees
with the social, environmental and economic objectives of the company through shared intent. In
this webinar we will discuss :
Employee Engagement - theory behind behaviour and attitude change.
Why Employee Engagement efforts fail – a case in point.
Social Marketing & Employee Engagement Tools.
Speaker : Kathryn Cooper
Kathryn Cooper is a committed sustainability practitioner and educator. Over the last several years
she has had the privilege to work with organizations like DuPont, Zero Footprint, WWF Canada,
Green Enterprise Ontario and Partners in Project Green on sustainability issues. She is one of
three Founding Members of the Eco-Business Zone Alliance of Ontario and President of the
Sustainability Learning Centre. Prior to this she was VP of Training, Strategic Projects and
Marketing at the Guelph Food Technology Centre.
Kathryn is a graduate of York University with a Master of Education on Sustainability and the
Environment. She holds an MBA from Wilfrid Laurier University, and a Bachelor of Science from
the University of Guelph. In her spare time Kathryn is a member of the Environmental Advisory
Committee for the Town of Erin and the Climate Change Action Group of Erin. She is also an
elected member of the Upper Grand District School Board.
Kathryn is President & Chief Learning Officer of the Sustainability Learning Centre. The Sustainabil-
ity Learning Centre is a training, networking and technology transfer hub designed to mobilize
people and technology for sustainability in industrial, commercial and institutional sectors. The
Centre focuses on the development of practical “Green Core Competencies” and Whole employee
engagement for eco-efficiency, eco-effectiveness and eco-restorative practices and technologies.
The Centre delivers sustainability workshops to hundreds of people each year, through public and
in-house programs focusing on sustainability and green business adoption

2. The Association of Energy Engineers
Southern Ontario chapter March 27th 2012
Toronto City Hall
3rd Floor, East Tower
100 Queen Street West
Cordially invites you to it’s first meeting for 2012 Toronto, Ontario
M5H 2N2
Session two – 2:30PM – 4:00PM
Introduction to Life Cycle Analysis
Agenda
In this presentation you will get an introduction to the life cycle concept, including
Drivers and applications
Goal and scope of a potential project looking at function, functional unit and reference flows.
System boundaries for an LCA project.
Speaker : Jean-François Menard
Jean-François Menard, InterUniversity Centre for the Life Cycle of Products, Processes and
Services (CIRAIG). Jean- Francois holds a Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering from the
Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal. He joined CIRAIG's start-up team in 2002. He is now Senior
Analyst and has participated in numerous LCA studies in various sectors including aluminium
production, waste management, municipal waste treatment, electricity distribution, road pavement
and oil sands exploitation. He has extensive knowledge of the most used LCA software and has
worked on the development of several LCA courses including graduate student training. Since
2002, he has provided LCA training to hundreds of participants from varied backgrounds.
4:00 – 5:00 refreshments and light snacks
ghyme.inc@gmail.com
For reservations please contact Mohammad Wathaifi at
mwathai@toronto.ca Or TEL : 416 397 5168
Admission: $20 for AEE Chapter members $30 for non members
The Association of Energy Engineers’ mission is to promote the scientific and educational interests of those engaged in
the energy industry and to foster cooperative action in advancing the common purposes of its members and to promote
activities designed to enable the industry to be conducted with the greatest economy and efficiency.
For more information about membership details and other events please visit www.aeecenter.org