WATERTOWN, MA — VHB announces the addition of a new environmental team member who will elevate sustainability across markets for a broad range of clients. Casey Venzon, LEED AP BD+C, joins the Watertown, Massachusetts, office as Senior Environmental Planner. He will lead business development, client care, staff mentorship, and growth of the environmental practice at VHB.

Venzon is a U.S. Green Building Council Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) Accredited Professional with experience elevating environmental, social, and economically responsible principles in projects.

Over the past 13 years, Venzon prepared more than 60 National Environmental Policy Act documents for airport clients, including environmental assessments, categorical exclusions, and re-evaluations. His efforts helped advance critical development projects at some of the busiest airports in the world. Venzon developed a searchable database of more than 900 airport sustainability practices that guides the airport industry throughout planning, design, construction, operations, maintenance, and concessions.

His years of research and reporting on sustainability initiatives for clients encompasses alternative fuels, renewable energy, energy conservation, sustainable construction practices, and social sustainability strategies. In his previous role, Venzon served as an environmental and sustainability planner and worked with clients, including the Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA), the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, and the Transportation Research Board’s Airport Cooperative Research Program.

Prior to joining VHB, Venzon supported the CDA with environmental and sustainability planning for the $8.5-billion O’Hare Terminal Area Plan for passenger terminal facility development, along with advancing completion of the $6.8-billion O’Hare Modernization Program, one of the largest construction projects in the country at one of the world’s busiest airports. Venzon secured more than $10 million in federal funding for six different airport projects through the Voluntary Airport Low Emission Program and Diesel Emissions Reduction Act Program and implemented the Sustainable Airport Manual to integrate environmentally, socially, and economically responsible principles into hundreds of O’Hare and Midway airport projects.

“VHB clients need bold, environmental resource leadership that understands sensitive ecosystems and cultural landscapes as they relate to negotiating complex regulatory processes, within communities across the Eastern U.S.,” said Neville Reynolds, PWS, Environmental Services Leader. “Casey will help VHB clients and communities build a more sustainable world and balance development and infrastructure needs with stewardship of the environment.“