Mark Ranson is a Building Science and Renovation Consultant. Mark has over 40 years’ experience in the construction, renovation and energy efficiency fields, and has both designed, and delivered training in these fields.
Starting in 1981, Mark was the co-owner of a successful contracting company whose projects include everything from changing a 90-year-old house into three luxury condominiums, to turning a 1000 sq. ft. bungalow, into a 2500 sq. ft., two story home. Mark has also supervised the construction of a 20,000 Sq./Ft Energy Efficient hospital in Swan River and a personal care Home in Benito, Mb.
Throughout his career, he has gained extensive experience working with the latest materials and technology. One project that Mark was responsible for was the ground breaking construction of a new home in Winnipeg, that demonstrated the ultimate in energy efficiency. This home far exceeded R2000 standards. Of high concern during construction was the use of all environmentally safe materials that used the least amount of embodied energy, and did not off gas Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC). This intense attention to detail makes this home the apex to which all environmentally friendly homes should aspire to.
As a result of the attention to detail and the focus on energy efficiency this house won the Canada’s Office of Energy Efficiency’s national Award for New Housing. Mark also won the R-2000 Award for Technical Merit as this house was recorded as the tightest building envelope on record in the R-2000 Program.
Mark’s experiences cover everything from developing and teaching entry level, and professional development training courses for the Manitoba Renovation Contractors Association (MRCA); to contracting and developing the Home Energy Savers Workshops for the Government of Manitoba and Manitoba Hydro – for which he was responsible for its delivery throughout the province. The Entry Level Carpentry Course, developed by Mark and was run by the MRCA in partnership with Manitoba Education and Training is accredited for carpentry apprenticeship level one within the Province of Manitoba.
Mark was the President of the Manitoba Renovation Contractors Association, which was founded in 1990. Under his leadership, the association grew from four original members, to sixty-four members. Mark was instrumental in the merger of the MRCA and the Manitoba Home Builders Association in 2001.
Mark was also the Director of the Manitoba Government’s Community Places Program (CPP). CPP provided funding and planning assistance to non-profit community organizations for strategic planning, facility construction, upgrading, expansion and acquisition projects. As an experienced professional, with knowledge of all aspects of residential and light commercial construction, organizational planning and energy related fields, Mark will be happy to be an active member of the Green Action team.