March 2015
| Business World
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ILLINOIS GOVENOR’S
SUSTAINABILITY AWARD
Presented by the Illinois Sustainability Tech-
nology Center, AMA Plaza was named win-
ners of the 2014 Illinois Governor’s Sustain-
ability Award, for implementing innovative
sustainability practices.
Hammer credits the hard work ofher team
and their dedication to not just upgrading,
but finding better ways to operate the build-
ing.
“It’s a reflection of the management team
and the engineering team that’s in place at
the building,” she says.”We’re always looking
for ways to make our operation of the asset
that we’re responsible for more marketable
and less expensive to run.”
“We all worked together,” saysHammer . “We
all had a voice in the design and the imple-
mentation of each of the aspects of the proj-
ect. We met weekly to go over everything. It
was very important to have a close relation-
ship between all parties involved, from con-
sultants and project managers, to the people
who actually implemented the work - the
mechanical and construction companies
that helped us with that.”