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JEFFREY R. CATON PE LEED AP
<br /> San Francisco Bay Area Director, Renewable Resources
<br /> Jeff is the Bay Area Group Leader for ESA's Renewable Resources Group. He has more than 23 years of
<br /> consulting and business management experience and specializes in climate change and other sustainability
<br /> issues. He has successfully assisted clients in a wide variety of business sectors, including manufacturing,
<br /> construction, mining, high tech, transportation, waste management, higher education, and defense, as well as
<br /> many local, state, and federal govemment agencies throughout California and the United States.
<br /> Jeff helps clients develop and manage their sustainability and climate change initiatives through strategy
<br /> development, benchmarking, performance measurement, and various communications media. His project
<br /> experience includes all aspects of greenhouse gas (GHG) management including inventory design &
<br /> development, management systems, lifecycle analysis, target setting, reduction strategies, and preparing for
<br /> emerging regulations and carbon markets. He has led efforts in public reporting and communication of
<br /> environmental performance and other sustainability issues, and in aligning environmental management with
<br /> organizational strategy.
<br /> Jeff's engineering expertise extends to water and wastewater treatment systems, solid waste management,
<br /> soil and groundwater remediation, and ecosystem restoration. He also has extensive experience in
<br /> environmental regulatory compliance, business management, corporate training and communications, and
<br /> information technology development.
<br /> Relevant Experience
<br /> Education
<br /> B.S. in Environmental Jeff's project experience includes evaluation of carbon - related risks and
<br /> Engineering, University of
<br /> Michigan, Ann Arbor. opportunities, carbon footprint analysis, GHG inventory design and
<br /> development, emissions quantification, reduction strategies, public reporting,
<br /> Certifications I Registrations and verification. He has assisted more than twenty members of the California
<br /> Registered Professional Climate Action Registry (CCAR) as a Technical Assistance Provider or as a
<br /> Engineer, California, N 45127
<br /> Lead Verifier of their GHG inventories. He has extensive knowledge of leading
<br /> LEED Accredited GHG programs and accounting protocols at the state, national, and international
<br /> Professional, Us Green levels, including: the WRUWBCSD GHG Protocol; the California Climate
<br /> Building Council, 2009
<br /> Action Registry (CCAR); the Califomia Air Resources Board and AB -32
<br /> Accredited Lead Verifier, developments; the Climate Registry (TCR); U.S. Department of Energy's
<br /> AB32 GHG Reporting I605(b) general and technical guidance; and U.S. EPA's Climate Leaders
<br /> Professional Affiliations Design Principles and associated guidance.
<br /> Member, Advisory Committee
<br /> for Business Council on City of Martinez Climate Action Plan, Martinez, CA. Senior Technical
<br /> Climate Change (BC3) Advisor. ESA contracted with the City of Martinez to prepare a comprehensive
<br /> Greenttdtse Gas Experts Climate Action Plan. The Plan includes a complete inventory of city-wide
<br /> Network greenhouse gas emissions, goals for reducing emissions, and a selection of
<br /> strategies to meet these goals, focusing on transportation, energy, and solid
<br /> waste. In addition, the plan identifies steps that the City can take to adapt to a
<br /> changing climate, including land use planning for rising sea level, diminished
<br /> water supply, and increased threat of wildfire.
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