About

I am a Senior Lecturer in Environmental Management. Currently, my role is within the College of Science and Engineering, in the School of the Built and Natural Environment. For 0.2 of my role, I work on the sustainability of the University and in particular, Fairtrade. I teach Environmental Management and sustainability and I am the Sustainability Lead within the school. While 0.6 of the remainder of my time is spent working on the Decarbonise project, which is an ERDF project run in conjunction with the City Council.

Teaching responsibilities

• Environmental Management; Critical Perspectives
• Environmental Risk and Responsibility
• Vocational Module

Professional interests

• ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems
• CSR
• Sustainability
• Zero Carbon

Research interests

• ISO 14001
• Sustainability of local communities
• Public engagement with the environment
• Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• Zero Carbon

Membership of professional bodies

Member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (MIEMA) and Chair for the Midland Regional Steering Group of IEMA.

Qualifications

• BSc (Hons) Geography
• MSc Environmental Management
• MBA

Recent conferences

Sustainable Tourism Conference in Buxton, June 2019

SEEDS (Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society) Conference, September 2021

Experience in industry

• Forestry Commission on their EMS
• Encore on their environmental management system development
• Engineering Sector
• Hotels and Catering
• Construction waste

In the media

Appeared on Radio Derby

Recent publications

Horry, R., Booth, C.A., Mahamadu, A. et al. Environmental management systems in the architectural, engineering and construction sectors: a roadmap to aid the delivery of the sustainable development goals. Environ Dev Sustain (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-021-01874-3

Booth, C.A.; Rasheed, S.; Mahamadu, A.-M.; Horry, R.; Manu, P.; Awuah, K.G.B.; Aboagye-Nimo, E.; Georgakis, P. Insights into Public Perceptions of Earthship Buildings as Alternative Homes. Buildings 2021, 11, 377. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings11090377

Bailey, M., Booth, C A., Horry, R., Vidalakis, C., Mahamadu, A-M.,Awuah, K G B (2020) Opinions of small and medium UK construction companies on environmental management systems. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Management, Procurement and Law, ICE Publications. https://doi.org/10.1680/jmapl.19.00033

Horry R and Booth, C. A. (2019) Use of Environmental Management Systems to Mitigate Urban Pollution Chapter 22 in, Charlesworth, S. M. and Booth C.A. (2019) Urban pollution, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ