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The impact of one person avoiding single-use plastics for one day seems minor, but the impact of 200 people trying to avoid single-use plastics for a whole year makes a bigger splash. The impact of 200 people talking to their families, friends, and neighbors about avoiding single-use plastics creates some ripples. We know the power of the herd mentality, and we know behavior influences the way we think.

We are helping to improve the quality of life for these communities and providing resilient energy sources (in the event of future natural disasters). These schools can be used as places of refuge so ensuring that they have electricity will be a huge benefit and could save lives.

This is a story about reducing greenhouse gas emissions and costs in the operating room (OR) and the power of a particularly inspirational champion…

Shannon Bunsen, Mazzetti Sustainability Project Manager, has earned the WELL Accredited Professional (WELL APTM) credential through the International WELL Building InstituteTM (IWBITM). This accreditation places Shannon among a limited group of leading professionals, dedicated to supporting human health and well-being in the built environment.

Seth Francis, EIT, LEED Green Associate, Mechanical Designer with Mazzetti, global MEP and Technology Consulting firm, has earned the WELL Accredited Professional credential through the International WELL Building Institute.

We often mistake system-problems for people-problems. We assume people are lazy or difficult, when they are exhausted or uninformed. Consider what information they need, what motivates them, and what in their environment is working for or against them.

Designing a healing place now means understanding how a building affects its people and its environment. How did we partner with Perkins+Will to achieve optimal healing AND building performance?

Let's review the evidence for the optimal location and condition of hand wash sinks. Is the evidence strong enough to revise the Fundamentals or Beyond Fundamentals?

We’ve compiled our top seven tips (some new ideas, some new variations on "old" ideas) for greening the holidays…

We see a large part of our role is to provide you, our clients, peace of mind. This implies both trust and appropriate outcomes. What better design validation than measuring actual performance?!

Earlier this month, Mazzetti and our Sextant Foundation (in collaboration with Project HOPE), quickly organized and dispatched qualified volunteers to Puerto Rico. The volunteers were primarily focused on water purification assessments in communities most heavily impacted by the earthquake.

We've listened to you, our clients, as we've collaborated on a project. Reading between the lines, we hear your need (and the Healthcare industry's need) to push for more sustainable outcomes.