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      Our Services are Geared for Your Success

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      We provide comprehensive services for all green building types.  At Chambers Design, we approach green projects to eliminate increases to construction budgets, reduce capital costs, reduce operating costs, improve health and productivity, access to new markets, market differentiation, increase value for property, accelerate sales, reduce environmental impact and create high return on investment.

      New Trailer for Project Future Earth, a soon-to-be launch Kickstarter.com project

      Watch the new trailer to preview the soon-to-be launched on kickstarter.com. The project, entitled Project Future Earth, is based on the book Urban Green: Architecture for the Future will to design the city of tomorrow to envision how things could be different. When it is finished, the project will be on display in different venues around New York City such as Union Square and Battery Park. Backers of the project will receive great gifts. Stay tune for details!

      Urban Green: Architecture for the Future reviewed by Washington Post

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      Christopher Schoppa of the Washington Post reviewed Urban Green on August 11, 2011 saying " Chambers sketches an ambitious way forward for the green building industry". Read the full review on the Washington Post Entertainment webpage, and buy Urban Green to understand the ambitious plan Chambers calls the world to build.

      Chambers Design selected as one of Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses

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      10,000 Small Businesses is a $500 million investment to help create jobs and economic opportunity in the United States.

      The initiative will unlock the growth and job-creation potential of 10,000 small businesses across the United States through greater access to business education, mentors and networks, and financial capital.

      The program includes:
      • Practical business and management curriculum
      • Access to capital
      • Critical support and consulting services


      Chambers Design - USGBC National

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      Chambers Design joins the thousands of organizations and companies as a National Member of US Green Building Council.  Chambers Design previously joined the New York City Chapter of USGBC (Urban Green Council) as a Leadership Member in 2011.

      It's Not Easy Going Green - Green Hotels and Tourism

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      Image Credit: Jonathan Bartlett
      In the emerging world of eco-friendly hotels, there are serious disagreements about what it means to go green. But there’s also serious money to be made by those who get it right. Read Neil Chambers' perspective on green hospitality and the growing industry of eco-tourism.  By Allison Weiss Entrekin


      Workshop for Advanced Building Technologies for High Performance Hospitals

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      Team from University of Washington's Integrated Design Lab developed a research project that could meet the 2030 Challenge in hospitals. In a series of workshops in six regions of the United States including Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Phoenix, and Seattle, the research team conducted a peer review with the leading healthcare design and engineering companies in the country. The project is funded by the DOE through the Recovery Act.  Chambers Design was part of the peer review workshop in New York along with others such as Perkins & Will, JB&B, HOK and atelier ten.

      Comply with Local Law 84: Benchmark your NYC Building with us

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      NYC Local Law 84 requires buildings 50,000 sq ft or larger to submit a benchmark report by May 1, 2011.  This includes covered buildings of two or more buildings that total over 100,000 square feet that are on the same lot or under the same condo board. Do you need to benchmark your building, have you complied? Chambers Design can make the answers easy for you. We will help you meet the deadline and comply  with the new law with speed and reliability.

      Watch the Video: Neil Chambers at Intelligent Infrastructure

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      See the CEO/Founder of Chambers Design talk about his new book Urban Green and how society can rethink infrastructure to be better, more effective and less expensive. 

      Interview with Neil Chambers about sustainability and the future of design

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      Neil Chambers recently did an interview with Josh Dorfman, GoodGuide's VP of Marketing, about the future of sustainability, Neil's new book Urban Green, and the future of design.  Find out what he said on the GoodGuide blog.

      FREE LEED Checklist - get started on the right foot

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      LEED is everywhere today.  As the market heats up more and more, designers, architects, engineers, real estate developers and many others are wondering if a project should pursue LEED rating.  Chambers Design offer a free consultation with anyone for any type of project that results in a LEED Checklist.  The LEED Checklist will identify potential points available to a project as well as a preliminary evaluation for first-costs and payback for green features.  Get your free LEED Checklist today. 

      Intelligent Infrastructure | February 15 - 16, 2011 | New York City

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      Neil Chambers, LEED-AP to speak at the Intelligent Infrastructure event hosted by the Economist.  Infrastructure is one of the great challenges of the twenty-first century. Over the next 30 years, the global population will skyrocket from roughly six and a half billion to between nine and twelve billion. 
      Reserve your place today for Intelligent Infrastructure, our next event in the Ideas Economy series, taking place on February 16-17 in New York City.


      5-Step Green Design Strategy

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      Learn how to develop a building to be high-performance and green at no additional cost with an easy to follow 5-step strategy. 

      Urban Green Book Cover

      TheNationwide Book Tour for Urban Green: Architecture for the Future begins Sept 12, 2011: Find out  More @  www.neilchambers.net

      NOW AVAILABLE:
      Urban Green: Architecture for the Future, by Neil Chambers, LEED-AP

      Order now from any of the online bookstores below:
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      News/Events
      03.22.11 - Advanced Technologies for High Performance Hospitals Workshop in New York, NY
      03.16.11 - Energy Monitoring: A Critical Piece of Going and Saving Green - online
      03.16.11 - How to Do It: Oyster-Tecture - online
      03.10.11 - The Real Dirt on Green Jobs - online
      02.24.11 - Oyster-Tecture in Action
      02.15.11 - 02.16.11 - Speaking at Intelligent Infrastructure: the Architecture of Progress hosted by the Economist in New York, NY
      11.16.10
      - Speaking at HEALTHCARE DESIGN 2010 in Las Vegas, NV
      11.12.10 - Speaking at NEW YORK Entrepreneur Week in New York, NY
      10.28.10 - Speaking at Designers Accord Town Hall in Queens, NY
      07.12.10 - The Sun News,
      Myrtle Beach may Adopt Swash Plan
      06.24.10 - 07.08.10 - Teaching Green Interior Design @ FIT
      05.15.10 - Embedded Energy Calculator
      05.11.10 - CleanMED
      10.01.10 - Retrofitting Buildings to Be Green, the Book
      05.01.07 - Lazy Environmentalist
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