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Refrigeration Reimagined – Cooler Systems, Cleaner Future
World Refrigeration Day underscores a pressing truth: refrigeration is essential to modern life. At Henderson, we know refrigeration plays an important role in preserving food, protecting vaccines, and enabling safe industrial processes. But behind these …
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Protecting People and Power: Why Arc Flash and Electrical Studies Are Essential for Facility Owners
When it comes to the long-term safety and reliability of your building portfolio, Team Henderson understands the biggest risks aren’t always visible. Arc flash hazards and uncoordinated circuit breakers may not dominate boardroom conversations, but …
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Baird Center Expansion Delivers on Social, Environmental, and Economic Benefits with LEED Gold Certification
Team Henderson understands the importance of designing spaces that incorporate flexibility and sustainable features for a bright, clean future while enhancing the end user’s experience. The expanded and renovated Baird Center in Milwaukee, WI, reached …
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Computational Tool Development for Computational Designers
A look into the how computational designers apply computational thinking to transform derived logic into functional, user-friendly computational tools.
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Sustainability Myths in Healthcare
When talking about sustainability, the most common questions are, “What is it?” followed by, “Where do we start?” For those of us involved in the healthcare space, the American Society of Healthcare Engineers (ASHE) defines …
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Designs For Tomorrow: Cross Market Collaboration in Health and Community
At Henderson Companies, we combine our expertise across healthcare, science and technology, and academic markets to design facilities that adapt to the evolving needs of the health industry. Our practice-based structure encourages collaboration and innovative …
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Computational Tool Development for Computational Engineers
A look into the practical application of computational thinking during the logic derivation phase of computational tool development.
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Optimizing Operational Carbon: Reclaiming Heat From Refrigeration Systems for Space Heating
In the commercial refrigeration and HVAC industry, there’s a strong push to reduce carbon footprints while keeping up with sustainability goals and complying with ever-changing regulations. This green evolution is particularly prominent in food retail, …
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Leadership Perspectives on Computational Tool Development
A case study of Henderson Engineers’ Office Space Automator (OSA) project, which utilized computational thinking.
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The Increasing Complexities of Sports Lighting
While all building types present their own unique challenges when it comes to lighting, the complexities that come with sports venues are plentiful. These facilities must balance varying league requirements, player safety, and the fan …
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Exploring the Possibilities of BIM to HVAC Load Modeling with Revit
In the past, designers and engineers used separate software tools for design analysis and design documentation. Calculate in one platform and document the answer in another. Think Excel, Trace 700, or AGI 32 and AutoCAD. …
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New York City Local Law 97: Decarbonization and the Challenges of Going Green
With the arrival of the new year, it’s important to remember that our resolutions should be challenging. To paraphrase Stanford School of Medicine neuroscientist, Andrew Huberman, participating in challenging tasks builds resilience to deal with …
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Refrigerant Options and Recommendations for Designing Cold Storage Facilities
The cold storage market in the United States is growing and there are several factors to consider when designing new facilities including the choice of refrigerant. Traditionally, large cold storage projects have used ammonia plants, …
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Understanding Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions Goals and Resources
The world is experiencing the impacts of climate change more than ever with historic droughts and wildfires, storms and flooding, and record heatwaves. The repercussions of climate change are far reaching and put many species …
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Designing Safe, Healthy Science Labs in Schools
As published in ASHRAE Journal, September 2023 Features and design for these laboratories are driven by the nature of the science being taught and the level of hands-on work by students. Understanding the curriculum is …
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Building Electrification Considerations for Big Box Retail Stores
Corporations around the world are pledging to become carbon neutral by 2050 or sooner. One of the key components of achieving this goal is building electrification, which is the process of converting buildings from fossil …
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The Future of Sustainable Grocery Refrigeration Systems
In recent years, the grocery industry has seen an unprecedented demand for online shopping. To meet the needs of consumers making the switch to online shopping, many retailers are choosing to expand their warehouses or …
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Adopting Full Electrification for Large Venue Facilities
Venue facilities are known power and energy hogs despite their general limited usage. Building electrification provides an opportunity to deliver energy efficiency and is a key strategy to reduce and eliminate long-term operational CO2 emissions.
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Using BIM and Generative Design to meet the MEP 2040 Commitment
In addition to our Henderson 2040 Climate Pledge, we recently become a signatory to the MEP 2040 Commitment. Click here to learn more about this recent announcement from our sustainability director, Brian Alessi. This is part …
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Evolution of Toolset for DfMA, Generative Design, and BIM Automation
As part of Autodesk University 2021, I collaborated with Sean Turner, director of innovation, on DfMA for MEP with Generative Design and BIM Automation. We’ve continued to evolve and refine our toolset for DfMA, Generative …
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