William completed his Bachelor's and PhD degrees in Environmental Science at the University of Limerick, with his PhD on 'The Role of Irish Higher Education Institutions in National Decarbonisation Transitions' funded by the Environmental Protection Agency of Ireland. His research focus is primarily on assessing the environmental impacts of human activities, through Life Cycle Assessment methodologies, and projecting future environmental transitions pathways accounting for technological, political and social considerations. He has previously worked on Environmental Protection Agency projects 'Developing the Potential of Third-level Campuses as Change Agents in Transition towards Sustainable Communities' and 'Industrial Water 4.0 - A Framework for Catchment-based Digitally Integrated Industrial Water Stewardship'. William is currently a postdoctoral researcher for the research project 'Sustainable construction and Assessment Of the full Lifecycle impact of Irish harvested Wood products (SAOLWood)' funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
Research Interests
Research interestes include:
Life Cycle Assessment
Carbon Footprint
Material Flow Analysis
Environmental Impact Assessment
Integrated Assessment
Environmental Sustainability
Sustainability Transitions
Sustainable Development
Society and Environment
Sustainability
Environmental Analysis
Water and Wastewater Treatment
Environmental Management
Geoinformatics (GIS)
Geoinformation Systems
Professional Activities
Employment
2023 University of Limerick - Postdoctoral Researcher
Anna Trubetskaya;William Horan;Paul Conheady;Ken Stockil;Sean Moore; (2021) A Methodology for Industrial Water Footprint Assessment Using Energy-Water-Carbon Nexus.
Processes
William Horan;Bernadette O'Regan; (2021) Developing a Practical Framework of Sustainability Indicators Relevant to All Higher Education Institutions to Enable Meaningful International Rankings.
Sustainability
Anna Trubetskaya;William Horan;Paul Conheady;Ken Stockil;Shane Merritt;Sean Moore; (2021) A methodology for assessing and monitoring risk in the industrial wastewater sector.
Water Resources And Industry
Horan W.;Byrne S.;Shawe R.;Moles R.;O'Regan B. (2020) A geospatial assessment of the rooftop decarbonisation potential of industrial and commercial zoned buildings: An example of Irish cities and regions.
Sustainable Energy Technologies And Assessments
Horan W.;Shawe R.;Moles R.;O'Regan B. (2019) Development and evaluation of a method to estimate the potential of decarbonisation technologies deployment at higher education campuses.
Sustainable Cities And Society
Horan W.;Shawe R.;O'Regan B. (2019) Ireland's transition towards a low carbon society: The leadership role of higher education institutions in solar photovoltaic niche development.
Sustainability (Switzerland)
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Horan W.;Shawe R.;Moles R.;O’Regan B. (2019) National sustainability transitions and the role of university campuses: ireland as a case study.
World Sustainability Series :255-270
William Horan; Rachel Shawe; Richard Moles; Bernadette O'Regan (2019) Decarbonisation Roadmap for Universities of the Future.
Reading : Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited The University of the Future
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Colm Gaskin, Ken Stockil, Thomas Track, William Horan, Andres Lucht and Paul Conheady (2023) Research 435: Industrial Water 4.0: A Framework for Catchment-based Digitally Integrated Industrial Water Stewardship.
Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford, Ireland : Environmental Protection Agency
Bernadette O'Regan, Richard Moles, Rachel Shawe and William Horan (2019) Research 280: Developing the Potential of Third-level Campuses as Change Agents in Transition towards Sustainable Communities.
Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford, Ireland : Environmental Protection Agency
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