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Victoria Watson

Principal, High Performance Buildings, AECOM
Victoria leads AECOM’s High Performance Buildings practice on the West Coast, part of AECOM’s Advisory business line, overseeing sustainability consulting, advanced building performance design, net zero strategy, and energy modeling. She also serves as the global Technical Practice Group Lead for High Performance Buildings. With 19 years of experience, she has delivered high performance projects across North America and Europe, including numerous Net Zero Energy initiatives and multiple LEED Gold and Platinum buildings. One of Victoria’s most recent projects was Intuit Dome, home of the LA Clippers, which achieved LEED Platinum, is fully electrified, and includes a microgrid and battery system to support resilience. Victoria managed the Los Angeles Community College District’s Integrated Energy Resource Plan, leading district wide decarbonization across the nation’s largest community college system. Her additional work includes directing the UC Riverside Decarbonization Study, supporting the Department of General Services’ Net Zero First Policy, and advancing comprehensive decarbonization strategies for both new construction and existing building portfolios. Victoria has also led Zero Net Energy efforts for the California DMV’s first ZNE field office, Suffolk County Community College’s Net Zero Renewable Energy Center, and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s Net Zero Advisory initiatives.