R.I. Green Building Council elects new members to board of directors

The U.S. Green Building Council - Rhode Island Chapter has appointed six new members to its board of directors and election of officers. Nicholas Durkin, LEED AP BD+C, is a project engineer for Dimeo Construction Co. Dimeo is a leader in the sustainable building movement, having completed over 4.4 million s/f of LEED certified projects throughout southern New England with over 90 LEED trained personnel. Durkin, a graduate of Roger Williams University with a degree in construction management, joined Dimeo in 2006 as part of the Natick Collection project team. After the successful completion of the Natick Collection, he was assigned to the 400,000 s/f Newton North High School project where he was responsible for the submittal and documentation process to track the project's LEED status. Under Durkin's guidance, the project obtained LEED Gold certification. In addition to his work, Durkin joined the RI Green Building Council board of directors in 2012. Chris Integlia is the executive vice president - residential divisions for Taco, Inc. a manufacturer of hydronic products for the HVAC industry. Daniel Justynski is head of property operations for RBS Citizens. Justynski is responsible for maintaining and operating over 1,000 retail locations and 200 office buildings. In order to meet corporate environmental sustainability goals, he is responsible for implementing building improvements that reduce energy consumption, water usage and waste removal. Justynski is a voting member of the RI Energy Efficiency Resources Management Council which advises the State of Rhode Island regarding Least Cost Procurement of energy resources. He is also a board member of the U.S. Green Building Council - RI Chapter. James Koloski is director of business development for Shawmut Design and Construction. Shawmut is one of the leading construction management firms in R.I. Dave McCabe is Textron's director of environment, energy, and loss prevention and is responsible for implementing the company's environmental and energy strategy. He is also responsible for overseeing the company's loss prevention program. McCabe's previous positions at Textron include Six Sigma Black Belt and manager remediation shared services. Christina Sprows, director of architecture & engineering, has been employed by CVS Caremark for 14 years. She oversees new store prototype development, special project initiatives which support over 7,300 stores, and various green initiatives in order to meet corporate environmental and sustainability goals. Sprows is also responsible for the sourcing and contracting of all architects as well as civil and environmental engineers across the country. She is working on CVS/Pharmacy's new LEED building which will debut on a site in New England. Sprows has completed various continuing education classes at Harvard University Graduate School of Design, such as Universal Design, Fair Housing and ADA Guidelines. She is a member of the Providence Preservation Society, AIA and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Elected officers include Ken DeCosta, chair and senior vice president for Pare Corp; Robin Main, vice chair and partner at the law firm of Hinckley Allen & Snyder; Mark DiPetrillo, treasurer and commercial leader, Rhode Island, sales & sales operation for National Grid; Daniel Paquette, secretary and managing partner/chief sustainability officer for Sterling Construction Management, LLC.