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Mazzetti and our Sextant Foundation are quickly organizing volunteers to join the response effort in Puerto Rico, post Hurricane Maria. Through our partnerships with the Department of Health and Project HOPE, our volunteers will specifically assess Puerto Rico’s water purification systems along the north and west sides of the island.

Earlier this year I had the pleasure of collaborating with our Sextant foundation, Project HOPE and Electricians Without Borders in a volunteer effort to build a Cholera Treatment Center in Haiti.

Essentially, the CMS is requiring Medicare-certified healthcare facilities to implement water management policies and procedures to reduce the potential risk of Legionella (and other waterborne pathogens). The water management program should consider the ASHRAE 188 Standard and the CDC Toolkit.

We remain committed to helping, whenever possible, to eliminating waste in all its forms. And, not only are we walking the walk – we hope we are leading by example. Everything is possible, if we decide to make it so.

Packard Children’s Hospital, in Palo Alto California, will be one of the most sustainable large hospitals in the country. It will be the first US hospital to use Displacement Ventilation in all patient areas, reducing first costs and energy consumption/costs.

Help revolutionize medical waste management decision making. You’re invited to test WasteCare—Mazzetti’s (BETA) Waste Footprint Calculator--our waste stream environmental impact calculator.

On this World Water Day, we're focusing on risk management for our healthcare clients--how to minimize waterborne threats, while maintaining patient safety and care, and avoiding unnecessary costs to do so.

Our hypothesis, though controversial for some, is that we frequently over-ventilate spaces. We don’t truly understand ‘why’ the standards prescribe a certain number of air changes. As a result, hospital owners (likely) are wasting energy dollars without improving indoor air quality.

In order to create these smarter buildings, to service the future, we have to be smarter. We must have these conversations. We must experiment (reasonably) and challenge the status quo.