Mark is an R&D Project Lead at CanmetENERGY, Natural Resources Canada and a member of the Buildings and Renewables Group. He leads NRCan’s Prefabricated Exterior Energy Retrofit (PEER) project. His research interests include net-zero energy and passive homes and building enclosures, prefabrication, climate resilient buildings, low-carbon design and construction and cost-optimization. Mark is passionate about making high-performance design, construction and renovation mainstream. He and his family put a heritage home in Ottawa’s Lebreton Flats neighbourhood through the deep retrofit wringer. They recently moved to the suburbs and have even more ambitious plans for their mid-century bungalow.