Specialist in environmental management and renewable energy assessment
programs, domestic and international. His experience covers a range of activities
that include: environmental and RETScreen assessment training; corporate
advisory services in the environment; environmental market assessments;
evaluation of air pollution control technologies; environmental standards and
regulations; criteria and Codes of Practice development; development of
performance standards; process chemistry; and emission control strategies.
Enhanced security clearance with Public Works & Government Services Canada.
EDUCATION
PhD, Physical Chemistry (1965); University College, University of London, U.K. BSc, Chemistry (1962); St. Andrews University,
Scotland. Additional studies include RETScreen train-the-trainers’,environmental management, French immersion, project leadership,
Spanish immersion (advanced), metal reduction and wear; technical report writing.
WORK EXPERIENCE
President, Cleghorn & Associates (since 1994)
Concord Environmental Corporation. Managing Director, Occupational Health and Safety, Air Pollution Control and Risk Assessment
Special Advisor (Executive Exchange), Science Sector, Industry Science and Technology Canada
Aluminum Company of Canada Research Centre, Research Lubrications Engineer, Research Scientist/Engineer, Research Analytical Chemist and Laboratory Manager/Fabrications
Lecturer, Chemistry Department, University of the West Indies, Jamaica
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
The Chemical Institute of Canada; the Royal Chemical Society; Occupational Hygiene Association of Ontario.
VOLUNTEER ASSOCIATIONS
Vice-Chair, FOCUS Kingston Steering Committee, past-Director, Cataraqui Conservation Foundation, past-Co-Chair, Kingston
Environmental Advisory Forum, member Community Council, St. Lawrence College, past member Health Services Advisory
Committee Algonquin College, City of Ottawa Environmental Advisory Committee.
RESEARCH AND PROJECT ACTIVITIES: Market Assessments
Mexican environmental technology market. Investment and strategic partnering projects - Canadian Clean Air Technology
companies with firms in the U.S.; Belgium; France; Holland; Norway; and Sweden. Strategic plan for creation of the GLOBE
and AMERICANA Conferences and Trade Fairs. Profiles of anadian Clean Air Technology companies.
Strategic Alliances and Networking
Coordinator for RETScreen training, AMERICANA 2005 and GLOBE 2006. Organizer - Canadian environmental S&T showcasing
at ECOBRASIL, GLOBE, AMERICANA, AWMA Annual Conference and Trade Fair (San Antonio, San Diego and Nashville) ,
Organizer - Canadian companies networking with firms from Brazil, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, the U.S. and Mexico.
Networking Guide - Canadian Environmental and Clean Air Technology sectors. Mentoring program for new environmental exporters.
Virtual trade show of Aboriginal environmental and energy companies.
Environmental Technology Assessment
Technology Innovation Plan for Environmental and Energy establishments in S.E. Ontario. Needs Profile of Critical environmental S&T
for Canadian Industry and R&D Institutions. Tchnology assessments on Advanced Fine Particle Filtration, Biological Gas Cleaning
and state of the art for dust suppressant technologiess for Coal fired Generating Stations.
Evaluated and tested state of the art technologies for ambent PAH sampling and monitoring at Syncrude Ltd., Fort McMurray, Alberta.
Developed an Air Quality Enhancement plan for Colombia. Served as RETScreen technology validator for 1996-2012 technology review
and as RETScreen IV validator for biomass-energy projects (2008).
Environmental Standards and Codes of Practice
Developed criteria for permitting and approval of air pollution control equipment; recommended turn-key systems and conceptual
design for control system retrofits in automotive, aluminum fabrication and printed circuit board manufacture. Developed operating
standards for using dust suppressants for treating unpaved roads. Conducted comprehensive environmental audits, process audits and
compiled hazardous contaminants inventories. Reviewed spill scenarios and carried out physical and mathematical modelling for major
oil spills in the St. Lawrence seaway. Carried out a technological and socio-economic assessment on Alberta's 1987 Sour Gas
Guidelines. Assisted in preparing the Iron & Steel Industry response to Ontario's Clean Air Bill.
Reviewed the environmental impact assessment of a proposed pipeline and terminal facility in Colombia. Developed ecological criteria
for projects in the Mexican petroleum sector. Developed ecological norms for the maximum allowable limits for wastewater discharges
from the Mexican pharmaceutical industry and reviewed the waste toxicology from the Paints manufacturing industry in Canada and the
United States. Prepared a State of the Environment report on Air and Noise for Trinidad & Tobago.
Environmental Training
Training sessions in Pollution Prevention and Enforcement Protocols for industrial air pollution for government officials and
industry executives in India (1999 & 2000). Training sessions for U.S. company executives on Canadian environmental
legislation (2000). Training manuals on environmental assessment and environmental legislation for private sector
executives and government officials in Mexico and Colombia (1994-1996). RETScreen training for government officials, business and
University representatives, Barbados (2004), the Dominican Republic and Trinidad (2005). RETScreen review to Trade Commissioners.
Environmental Research
Inventory of PAH sources, levels and fate in Ontario, inventory and technical study on tetra- and penta-chlorobenzenes and
technical and economic assessment on used crankcase oil in Canada for Environment Canada’s hazardous substances evaluation.
Review of Canada's current and forecasted hydroelectric generating capacity. Literature review on dust suppressants for coal and dust
from unpaved roads. Technical analysis and socio-economic impacts of technologies for Alberta's 1987 Sour gas Guidelines.
PUBLICATIONS
The Story of Brownfields & Smart Growth in Kingston Ontario: f rom contamination to revitalization. Eds. Pamela Welbourn Harry Cleghorn, Joseph Davis, Steven Rose, publ. Clasroom Complete Press, 325 pps., September 2009.
Cleghorn, H.P. and H. Knudsen (2000). Solid Waste Legislation in Canada, 200 pps., Cleghorn & Associates Ltd., Ottawa, January 2000.
Cleghorn, H.P. (1998). Markets Push and Pull across the 49th Parallel. Environmental Business Canada, April 1998.
Cleghorn, H.P. and R. Gesing (1995). Green Marketing Concepts - A Canadian Perspective. Environmental Manager, Air and Waste Management Association, September 1995.
Cleghorn, H.P. (1992). Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Sources, Fate and Levels in Air, Water, Soil, Sediments, Sludge and Food in Ontario, prepared for Environment Ontario by Concord Scientific Corporation and Beak Consultants. ISBN 0-7729-9281-9, May 1992.
Cleghorn, H.P., P. Fellin, M.G. Foster and D.T. Williams (1992). Determination of Phenol, Cresol and Xylenols in Workplace Air Using XAD-2 Sorbent Cartridges. Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry, 34, pps. 85 - 98.
Cleghorn, H.P. (1992). Dust Control and Compaction of Unpaved Roads - Field Trials. Report MAT-92-02. Published by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, Research and Development Branch.
Cleghorn, H.P., R.B. Caton, N.W. Groskopf and C.W. Pilger (1990). Production of dibenzofuran fumes during splicing of PCB contaminated electrical cable. Chemosphere, 20(10-12), pps. 1517-1524.
Tsugios-Sowa, R., E.P. Loi and H.P. Cleghorn (1989). Control Measures, The WHMIS Handbook, 2nd Revision, Chapter 10, pps. 1-10. Toronto: Corpus Publications.
Loi, E.P., H.P. Cleghorn and A.J. Chandler (1988). A breath of fresh air - a practical guide to workplace ventilation. Occupational Health and Safety Canada, 4(3): 33.
Cleghorn, H.P. (1987). A State of the Art Review on Dust Suppressants used in Coal Fired Generating Stations. Report CEA 87/614G-31. Published by the Canadian Electrical Association, Research and Development.
RESEARCH SUPERVISION
2009 - Assistant Supervisor: Allison Roberts, MSc (Env Sci), Queen's University - Role of the Civil Society in Environmental Issues
2007 - Joint Supervisor: Yiannis Kiparissis, post doctoral (Epidemiology), Queen's University - PAH Exposure in Ontari o and Quebec.
1975 - Conrad Douglas, Ph.D. (Chemistry), University of the West Indies - Adsorption of Sodium Compounds on Red Mud
1974 - Alan Alexander, MSc (Chemistry), University of the West Indies - Electrochemical studies on 1,4 diazepines
1969 - James Gaskin, MSc (Chemistry), University of the West Indies - Physical Aspects of 1,4 diazepines
