My career started in contracting as an engineer and project manager before I moved to academia. Throughout my time in academia, I have maintained strong industry links through consultancy and research. Work undertaken during my career has been varied but remains focused on the delivery of high-performing projects.

I am the founding Chair of the International Conference for Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society (SEEDS), Chair of the Research Innovation Sustainability and Enterprise (RISE) Awards, Past Chair of the Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM), a founding Member of the Building Performance Network, and Chair of the CIOB Sustainability Panel.  

I recently served on the 2021–2022 (UKRI) Research Excellence Framework 2021 exercise for Sub-Panel 13. I am Visiting Professor of Lean Construction CUT South Africa and Visiting Professor of Construction and Project Management at the University of Suffolk.

I have been the principal investigator working on national and major international research programmes, and was the sub-task leader for International Energy Agency Annex 68 and 71 – characterising building performance and in-use measurement of buildings.

My exposure to such research has allowed me to write and co-author over 100 publications on sustainability, construction technology, refurbishment, and construction management. Much of my work now has a strong focus on renewable and zero-carbon energy. 

I have a passion for upholding professionalism and creating robust and resilient teams. To deliver high-performing world-class projects there is a need to draw expertise from the breadth of society. Equity, diversity, and inclusion are a the heart of my work and what it means to create sustainable and healthy environments.

Professional Affiliations

• Member of the Chartered Institute of Buildings
• Strategic Commercial Management
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
• Member of the Association for Project Management
• Member of the Engineering Professors’ Council

Awards

• Winner of Research Innovation Sustainability Enterprise Award – Building Performance Award 2022. The University of West of England Bristol, Reliable Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) of Buildings through optimising the Monitoring and Control Systems (MCS) to estimate reliable Heat Loss Coefficient (HLC), Catalina Giraldo-Soto, Chris Gorse, Aitor Erkoreka, Koldo Martin.Bullet point
• Winner of the  Research Innovation Sustainability Enterprise Robert Ellis Award – Education Award – The University of West of England Bristol Josie Rothera, Christopher Gorse and Andrew Swan
• Winner of Research Innovation Sustainability Enterprise Award – MMC Award 2022. The University of West of England Bristol, How Can MMC contractors’ business models communicate confidence to public clients? Ali Saad, Mohammed Dulaimi, Chris Gorse, Sam Zulu and Fergus Atken
• Highly Recommended for the Social Sustainability Category International Conference Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society Conference 2021, Leeds Beckett University, Dublin Institute of Technology, and The University of the West of England. For the paper titled: Extracting MMC Values that contribute towards Employment Opportunities Amidst Global Pandemics, Ali Saad, Chris Gorse
• Award Winner of the Emerald Prize for Smart and Sustainable Asset Management. International Conference Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society Conference 2020, Leeds Beckett University, Dublin Institute of Technology and The University of the West of England. For the paper titled: Smart Enterprise Asset Management Mark Lenton, Dave Lister, Jim Garside, Richard Pleace, Gary Shuckford, Simon Roberts, Tim Platts, Paul Redmond, Chris Gorse, Bashar Alhnaity, Ah-Lian Kor
• Winner of the CIOB 2021 Award for Best Technical Paper: Dean Myers, Christopher Gorse and David Johnston, Understanding the factors influencing overheating: The UK’s first large scale domestic Passivhaus retrofit, International Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society Conference, University of Suffolk 
• Winner of RISE Award for Innovation VRM, The University of Hull and Leeds Beckett University GiaUrban Urban Heat Island and Lidar technology project. Neill Ryan, Graham Ferrier, James Parker, Adam Hardy, Giuseppe Collen and Chris Gorse. Research Innovation Sustainability and Enterprise – Dublin Institute of Technology 2018
• Leeds City Council ‘Awards for Excellence’ 2018 nominated for Partner of the Year – Resources and Housing. 
• Highly Commended for the CIOB Technical Paper Award at the International Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society Conference 2017. Felix Thomas, Fiona Fylan, David Glew and Chris Gorse
• YCF (Yorkshire Chemical Focus). Peoples Award, winner of the Best Academic Industrial Partnership 2016. Regional Chamber of Commerce Awards, Mantis Project – tackling the challenge of broken water pumps in Sub-Saharan Africa using smart monitors and mobile networks. Partnership – Environmental Monitoring Solutions and Leeds Sustainability Institute Peter Skipworth, Andrew Swan and Chris Gorse

Patents

• Eaves ventilation and insulator Retrofit Brooke Peat, M and Gorse C. Retrofit roof eaves insulator – granted 16 June 2020; UK Patent Application no. 1509486.5 Of Leeds Beckett University – Eaves Insulation. Patent Granted GB 2527421 published in the Patents Journal 15 July 2020. Assisted primary development work with Knauf and ARC Building Solutions for eaves ventilator New Build.

External activities

• Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society, SEEDS International Conference. Past Chair 2015–2019; 2019–2022 Co-Chair
• Chair of the CIOB Sustainability Advisory Panel 2022–present
• Chair, CIOB Sustainability Policy Forum. 2022–present
• Association of Researchers in Construction Management – Chair – ARCOM 2017- 2020, Vice Chair 2016, Immediate Past Chair 2021–2022, Committee Member 2022
• Founder Member of the Building Performance Network
• Contributing to the IstructE (institute of structural engineers) working group on Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete Planks (RAACs group)
• Member of the Construction Leadership Council’s working group contributing to their Equity Diversity and Inclusion programme
• Yorkshire and Humber Climate Change Commission – Research and Evidence Panel. 2020–2022
• Research Excellence Framework (REF) Panel Member, Main Panel C, Sub-Panel 13: Architecture, Built Environment, and Planning. UKRI 2020–2022
• Member of CIB TG96 Accelerating Innovation in Construction, Task Group. 2020–2022
• Member, Knowledge in Sustainable Construction Research Group, Technical University Dublin. 2019–2022

Key collaborators

• SRO, NHS, MACE, CITU, CIOB, Energie, Innova, Rolls Royce, ARC Building Solutions, Saint Gobain, Knauf
• University of the Basque Country – Spain, KU Leuven Belgium, University College London, University of Salford, the University of West of England, Plymouth, University of Suffolk, Birmingham City University, Northumbria University, Nottingham Trent University, University of Brighton, Queens University Belfast, University of Reading, University Santo Tomas (Philippines), University of Southern Queensland Australia, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa, Aalto University School of Engineering Finland, Université Paris-Est Créteil’ (UPEC) France, Manchester University, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees, Paris Institute of Technology – France; Central University of Technology, South Africa.