sustainable design + build
design
Start early and finish strong.
Taking a proactive integrative design approach can program your team for success and assure that sustainability is considered throughout each phase of the project. Let us lead your team through a design process that successfully accounts for the Triple Bottom Line: the health of your people, your assured profit, and care for our planet.
build + furnish
Innovation, knowledge, and experience.
Selecting materials for building, and minimizing the embodied energy of your furnishings is key to understanding your project’s impact on the environment. We will use our experience and know-how to provide you the best options on the market today.
operations
Develop a plan, save the planet.
Assessing habits and developing a sustainability plan that works for your company culture is a winning proposition. Working with Measured Light to understand what your team is doing well, what points need improvement and implementing changes that engage your team is the key to successfully reducing our impact on the environment.
“The most sustainable way is to not make things. The second most sustainable way is to make something very useful, to solve a problem that hasn’t been solved.”
– Thomas Sigsgaard
founding principal
nathan a. manuel
Nathan Manuel is an expert in construction management and sustainability. He has over 20 years of experience as a global real estate and information technology leader, supporting the best media, advertising, and technology organizations in the world.
In recent years, Nathan has dedicated himself to regenerative design and developing built environments that benefit people and the planet. With academic training in sculpture, Nathan brings a unique approach to material selection, construction and crafting innovative solutions to meet the needs of any project, while maintaining a focus on the environment. Creativity, an exceptional capacity to manage projects, and leading teams to meet client goals are the foundation of Nathan’s vision for Measured Light.
Nathan has lectured nationally on art, design, and the influence of creatives in business, including at Georgetown University, Georgia State University, and the School of Visual Arts. Nathan is the outgoing co-chair of the Students and Emerging Professionals Committee of the College Arts Association and a member of the Social Sciences Committee of the AIA NY Chapter, CoreNet NY, and the Climate Reality Project.
In his free time, Nathan enjoys playing poker with some of the brightest gaming minds around and can be seen on Poker After Dark, Run It Up, and at the World Series of Poker.
