Martin
Vroegh
Senior
Director,
Greenhouse
Gas
Reduction
Technologies,
Ontario
Centres
of
Excellence
ABSTRACT
On
January
1,
2017
the
Province
of
Ontario
implemented
a
Greenhouse
Gas
Cap
and
Trade
program
compatible
with
California
and
Quebec.
Revenue
generated
by
the
program
is
required
to
be
invested
into
greenhouse
gas
and
climate
change
mitigation
projects
in
Ontario.
The
TargetGHG
program
of
the
Ontario
Centres
of
Excellence
works
with
Ontario’s
industrial
sectors
to
reduce
GHG
emissions
by
providing
matched
funding
for
large-scale
GHG
reduction
projects.
BIOGRAPHY
Martin
Vroegh
joined
the
OCE
in
2016
with
over
22
years
of
heavy
manufacturing
in
the
cement
industry
spanning
more
than
a
dozen
countries
on
four
continents.
At
OCE,
Martin
is
responsible
for
implementing
OCE’s
Greenhouse
Gas
Reduction
projects
for
large
scale
provincial
emitters
and
the
TargetGHG
program,
including
identifying
opportunities
and
developing
a
pipeline
of
projects.
Martin
Vroegh
is
also
a
past
president
of
the
Clarington
Board
of
Trade
and
Chair
of
the
Canadian
Industry
Partnership
for
Energy
Conservation
Task
Force,
a
partnership
between
private
industry
and
the
federal
Government
which
aims
to
promote
and
improve
Canada's
industrial
energy
efficiency
and
reduce
greenhouse
gas
emissions
from
energy
use
in
the
industrial
sector.
ALL ARE WELCOME