Neil Chambers
Neil Chambers | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 5, 1974 United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Designer |
| Known for | Writer, blogger |
Neil Chambers (born September 5, 1974 in the United States) is an American designer, writer, blogger and
Biography
Early career
Neil studied architectural design at
Green Ground Zero
Neil, along with Marc Brammer and Erik Stowers, co-founded Green Ground Zero after the World Trade Center was attacked on September 11, 2001. The organization was founded to advocate for rebuilding Lower Manhattan with green building practices. From 2002 to 2004, Chambers grew the organization into an international non-profit. He participated in the United Nations World Urban Forum in Barcelona, Spain in September 2004 as well as the World Congress of Architecture in Istanbul, Turkey in 2005.
Chambers Design, Inc.
Since 2005, Chambers has led Chambers Design to work with projects spanning from small retail spaces to hospitals to master planning to
Urban Green: Architecture for the Future
Urban Green: Architecture for the Future is published by Palgrave/MacMillan, one of the largest publishing houses in the world. Urban Green is a revolutionary vision for bringing the power of the conservation and design movements together so we can redesign our cities to be in harmony with the natural world, so to take the next step in the sustainable revolution.
Green Building and Design Philosophy
Neil approach to green building strives to be both qualitative and quantitative. For larger projects at the infrastructure scale, he sees a need to integrate ecological restoration as a method to remediate ineffective energy, water and other systems. He explores the future of how ecosystems could supersede current infrastructure in his book Urban Green. Chambers has begun to implement his philosophy for ecological[7] and societal functionality with habitat restoration projects in the southeast of the United States.
Academia
Along with real-world projects, Chambers is active with academics. He has taught classes that couple green building with governmental policy at New York University. He contributed to the Sustainable Design Entrepreneur Certificate Program for the Fashion Institute of Technology. He has also been a visiting lecture at other universities across the United States.
Awards
- 2009 named 1 of 50 Most Beautiful People make the world a more beautiful place by Tonic Magazine[8]
- 2006 National Fellowship from Environmental Leadership Program
References
Bibliography
- 2011, Urban Green: Architecture for the Future, Neil Chambers, Palgrave/MacMillan, New York, NY. ISBN 0-230-10763-X
- 2009, Retrofitting Office Buildings to be Green and Energy-Efficient, Leanne Tobias, ISBN 0-87420-133-0
- 2007, the Lazy Environmentalist: Your Guide to Easy, Stylish, Green Living, Josh Dorfman, New York, NY. ISBN 1-58479-602-2
Notes
- ^ February 2009, Oysters get move-in aid in Myrtle Beach, Lorena Anderson, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, SC.
- ^ April 2006, Built Green: An Interview with “Green” Designer Neil Chambers, Rachel Postman, Guernica Magazine, New York, NY.
- ^ September 2003, Competition Encourages Environmentally-Friendly Development in Lower Manhattan, Deborah Snoonian, P.E., Architectural Record, New York, NY.
- ^ September 2004, the Greening of Ground Zero, by Ben Sutherland, BBC News Online, Barcelona, Spain.
- ^ April 2008, Sun Provides Power for Coney Island Transit Hub, Emily Gertz, Greenopia.com, New York, NY.
- ^ February 2009, Oysters get move-in aid in Myrtle Beach, Lorena Anderson, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, SC.
- ^ January 2009, To Wash the Swash, Lorena Anderson, the Sun News, Myrtle Beach, SC.
- ^ May 2009, Tonic's 50 Most Beautiful People (make the world a more beautiful place), Lisa Germinsky, tonic.com, New York, NY