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Changes taking place at the Sears Tower go beyond a name change, though "Willis Tower" will become the Chicago landmark's official name in July. According to an article in the Chicago Tribune , the owners of the tower unveiled a plan Wednesday to reduce electricity use by up to 80 percent...

Risk comes with the territory for professionals managing high-profile buildings. But that doesn’t mean maintenance and engineering managers still don’t get butterflies before undertaking huge renovation projects or mechanical-system retrofits. Jeffrey Plutz, director of engineering at the...

The field was green, very green. But aside from the grass lying at the base of Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., fans attending the season opener between the Atlanta Braves and Washington Nationals likely were hard-pressed to point out the remaining green attributes specified at the new home of the...