04.22 – 04.26

ANDREA

MURRAY

As a founding principal of Vermont Integrated Architecture, Andrea is an architect and an educator whose passion lies in designing spaces that facilitate and encourage life-long learning and a welcoming community experience. Her project experience includes the design of both small additions and large-multi-million-dollar urban projects. With extensive experience in multi-family housing, library, and town hall projects, Andrea is adept at working with multiple stakeholders and navigating complex and limited budgets. Her care for communities is deep. Andrea is well-organized, an excellent communicator, and a champion of sustainability and energy efficiency. She taught Design Studio and Architecture and the Environment at Middlebury College for 11 years and was the proud Lead Faculty Advisor to Middlebury College’s Solar Decathlon teams in 2011 and 2013. Andrea has volunteered for and held positions on many boards of non-profit organizations in our community. She is a co-founder and current board member of the Yellow House Community in Middlebury. Andrea is registered in Vermont, New York, and New Hampshire.

Megan

NEDZINSKI

As a partner and Senior Project Manager at Vermont Integrated Architecture, PC (VIA), Megan considers emerging research, applied technology, and the surrounding environment to deliver high-performing commercial and institutional projects. Recent projects include the mass timber science annex at the Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium in St. Johnsbury, VT and the deep energy retrofit of the new net-zero VNRC headquarters in Montpelier, VT. 

With a Bachelor’s in Architecture from Virginia Tech, Megan continues to conduct research. She co-authored two white papers for Efficiency Vermont on embodied and operational carbon in residential weatherization and was the lead author of “The Climate Impact of Retrofits: Embodied and Operational Emissions in Weatherization” for the ACEEE 2022 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. Her leadership was instrumental with the 2015-2019 NNE Committee on The Environment Leadership Summits and in successfully amending the National AIA Code of Ethics to include sustainability. Megan was a member of the Wood Science faculty at West Virginia University and continues to teach at various conferences and Yestermorrow Design/Build School in Waitsfield.

Megan’s passion for science, adventure, and experimentation feed her curiosity while out exploring rivers and mountains, on the homestead in her “culinary laboratory,” and in her research and teaching endeavors.