He obtained his undergraduate Civil Engineering degree in 1976 and then went onto become a lawyer in Ontario in 1981. He later went back to engineering and obtained his PhD in Building Science at the University of Toronto in 1991 under the guiding hand of Professor John Timusk. He has been teaching Building Science within the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering since 1990. His research interests include the design and construction of low-energy buildings. Passionate about all of his pursuits, he is particularly passionate about seeing that the next generation of engineers, understand the need to make the part of the world that they can influence better – better for the present generation, but most importantly better for future generations as well.