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March 2015 | Business World 217 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.”