Board of Directors

Kevin Belusa, B.Sc. is head of Strategic Sales of AirGenuity, which brings over 35 years of laboratory ventilation design & engineering experience. Kevin focuses on Government, University and Health Care applications and has an extensive understanding of owner requirements for their built environment. Kevin specializes in providing green solutions to owners, engineers & architects to reduce the energy profile and carbon footprint of the critical spaces within the built environment.

Kevin has a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Toronto in Physics and Math. Kevin has been actively engaged in sales since the beginning of his career. He is also a proud founding board member and Vice President of Sustainable Labs Canada (SLCan), a non-for profit group focused on reducing energy usage and making labs greener and more sustainable.

Tyler Holmberg is the General Manager at Norlab Laboratory Systems. He has spent the last 12 years working within the Laboratory Casework and fume hood industry and has had the opportunity to work with every major Casework manufacturer in North America. Tyler specializes in assisting clients to evaluate user process and projected equipment changes along with required flexibility of a laboratory space to encourage furniture system selection based on best practices for application as opposed to budget. This approach is used to maximise the value for the client while ensuring functionality of the space for the life of the Laboratory.
Tyler was also the lead designer in creating a new specialty high-performance fume hood for the Oil and Gas Industrial market. Tyler is registered as a Certified Engineering Technologist with ASET with a Civil Engineering Technologist Diploma.

Vladimir is a Department Manager and a sector lead for Science and Technology at WSP. With over 25 years of experience and a strong background in Science & Technology, Vladimir has been involved in project management, design, specification, construction, energy analysis and controls of building systems such as HVAC, plumbing, and fire protection. As a Certified Energy Manager with Association of Energy engineers and LEED AP BD+C professional with Green Buildings, Vladimir fully understands the new products and building systems available on the market, including its constructability, its impact on high-performance buildings to our environment and energy efficiency. As well, as an engineer of record on many laboratory design projects, Vladimir has knowledge of system designs that give users save and an adequate environmental condition, that includes provisions for value engineering, code compliance and energy-efficiency. In summary, Vladimir can find the right balance and approach between the energy sustainable laboratory design, users’ safe environment and code compliance limitations. In addition, Vladimir has been actively involved in the construction and commissioning project’s phases to make sure the success of the laboratory project.

Yvon Lachance is a senior partner at BGLA, an architectural firm with three business places in Quebec. With 27 years of experience in architecture, Mr. Lachance is in charge of the firm's "critical environments" department. His portfolio includes many major institutional and public projects, including university pavilions, research centres (health, chemistry, physics) and contemporary and heritage envelope renovation projects.

He is the current Director of Construction Specification Canada's Montreal Chapter, a member of the International Association for Preservation and its Techniques, the International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories (I²SL) and, of course, SLCan where he sits on the Board of Directors and acts as Vice-President.

Yvon Lachance est associé principal de BGLA, firme d’architecture ayant 3 places d’affaire au Québec.  Possédant une expérience de 27 ans en architecture, M. Lachance est en charge du département « environnements critiques » de la firme.  Son portfolio compte de nombreux projets institutionnels et publics majeurs, pavillons universitaires, centres de recherche (santé, chimie, physique) et projets de rénovation d’enveloppes contemporaines et patrimoniales.

Il est l’actuel directeur de la section Montréalaise de DCC, membre de l’Association internationale pour la préservation et ses techniques, de l’International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories (I²SL) et, évidemment, de LÉCan où il siège sur le conseil d’administration et occupe le poste de Vice-Président.

Professional Bio – Deni Antonecchia P.Eng. – Deni Antonecchia is a mechanical engineer and a member the Order of Engineers of Quebec. He has been involved in the laboratory market since 2005. With significant experience in critical air applications and HVAC systems, his expertise now includes lab environment functionality, more specifically with regards to fume hoods and casework.

Having obtained his Undergraduate Engineering Degree from Concordia University (Montreal, QC) as well as a Graduate Diploma in Management from McGill University (Montreal, QC), Deni leads the Canadian Laboratory Solutions Division of Preston Phipps Inc., supporting the entire sales team from coast-to-coast. With this, he has been involved is several high-profile lab projects across the country and continues to lend his expertise in designing the "labs of tomorrow" with a sustainable approach in mind.

Continuously looking to expand his knowledge in this market, Deni is taking much interest in Lab Planning. A new venture he is currently pursuing in order to become well-versed in this unique sector. Since 2015, he has also been an active member of Sustainable Labs Canada, particularly as the administrator for the Montreal Chapter.

John is one of RWDI’s most experienced consultants, with a more than 30-year record of delivering high performance buildings for colleges and universities; healthcare; governments and public institutions; and public-private partnership projects.  He joined RWDI in 1988, after receiving his M.Sc. from the University of Guelph.  He became a Principal at RWDI in 2004.  He is a Canadian Certified Environmental Professional.    John is known for forming strong, highly functional links across project teams, enabling architects, engineers, planners and construction firms to deliver excellent, well-integrated projects.

Geoff received an Honours BSc. in Chemistry from McMaster in 1990. He worked in the lab in industry on research and development and analytical chemistry. He returned to the University of Toronto and completed a Master of Health Science degree in Occupational and Environmental Health in 2002.

In 2007 he moved to his current position in the University of Toronto Office of Environmental Health and Safety managing the laboratory chemical safety program for laboratory staff and students. This current role includes responsibility for chemical and general safety in labs, managing the compliance program for ~1600 fume hoods on campus, chemical weapons reporting, environmental compliance, as well as dealing with other regulations and Acts at the Federal and Provincial levels.

In his role in EHS he has acted as the primary contact for issues requiring expertise in laboratory ventilation of all types. In recent years questions around the balancing of safety and sustainability have come to the fore. Commissioning and decommissioning of labs and sustainability issues have been a significant focus of his activities.