Gwendal Castellan Gwendal with Tourism Vancouver in 2012 created an energy conservation program that is believed to have been worldwide first among destination marketing organizations. The program provided energy management education and consulting services to the 1,000-member tourism businesses. Over four years Gwendal successfully facilitated the implementation of conservation projects, resulting in energy savings and reduction of carbon emissions by tourism businesses. Helping the City of Vancouver strive to reach its Greenest City by 2020 goals and finds a pathway to fulfill its commitment to be 100% renewable by 2050. In 2016 the program evolved to be fully integrated by Tourism Vancouver with the development of a destination development & sustainability strategy that will help shape the future of the visitor experience and tourism industry.
Before joining Tourism Vancouver in 2012 Gwendal worked in the aerospace industry at MDA as a satellite acquisition planner programming geospatial satellite data for international for projects such as oil seepage monitoring, offshore fishing vessel detection and forest cover mapping. In 2004 he set off on an 18-month life changing adventure; cycling from Patagonia to the Inuvik in the Canadian Arctic. He produced an award-winning documentary film of the transformative journey. This marked a transition to a focus over the last 12 years driven by a desire to enable a lighter footprint for the built environment, for businesses and travellers.
Gwendal has studied Geography at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Sustainable Energy Management with the British Columbia Institute of Technology, and is an Association of Energy Engineers accredited Certified Energy Manager. Most recently he completed an executive leadership program with THNK School of Creative Leadership which is based in Amsterdam, Vancouver and Lisbon.
Before joining Tourism Vancouver in 2012 Gwendal worked in the aerospace industry at MDA as a satellite acquisition planner programming geospatial satellite data for international for projects such as oil seepage monitoring, offshore fishing vessel detection and forest cover mapping. In 2004 he set off on an 18-month life changing adventure; cycling from Patagonia to the Inuvik in the Canadian Arctic. He produced an award-winning documentary film of the transformative journey. This marked a transition to a focus over the last 12 years driven by a desire to enable a lighter footprint for the built environment, for businesses and travellers.
Gwendal has studied Geography at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Sustainable Energy Management with the British Columbia Institute of Technology, and is an Association of Energy Engineers accredited Certified Energy Manager. Most recently he completed an executive leadership program with THNK School of Creative Leadership which is based in Amsterdam, Vancouver and Lisbon.
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