Mark Gorgolewski has worked for many years as an architect, researcher and environmental consultant. He has published many books, articles and papers on sustainable design. He is a Director of the CaGBC and past Chair of the Association for Environment Conscious Building in the UK. Mark is the Program Director for the graduate programme in the building science of sustainable design at Ryerson University. His research includes sustainable housing, reuse of resources, urban agriculture and the design of cities. He was coordinator for one of the winning teams in the CMHC Equilibrium (net zero energy) Housing Competition and co-recipient of the 2007-2008 ACSA/AIA Housing Design Education Award.