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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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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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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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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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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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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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Demystifying Lighting Controls
As published by Consulting-Specifying Engineer The lighting controls are an integral part of any lighting system design and with all the components that impact system selection, it can seem intimidating. It doesn’t have to be. Once …
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How do Microgrids Relate to the National Electrical Code?
As published by Consulting-Specifying Engineer Microgrids have been around for quite some time, some as early as 1882. Microgrids were generally specified and installed on the electrical utility side of the industry. However, as building …
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California’s New Code Requirements for Photovoltaic Systems
With many factors increasing the need for reduced energy usage, lower emissions, and less dependency on fossil fuels, California’s latest energy code has implemented stronger requirements for photovoltaic (PV) systems, with a large percentage of …
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DfMA for MEP with Generative Design and BIM Automation
Article courtesy of Autodesk DfMA (Design for Manufacture and Assembly) doesn’t have to be an exclusive club of certain project types. Building on the concepts of modular construction, DfMA is the next evolution for an automated AEC …
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Exploring 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 and …
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DfMA: How it All Comes Together
This is the final article in a recent series on design for manufacture and assembly (DfMA). Previously, I introduced DfMA as a concept in the AEC industry, explored how to implement DfMA during design, and …
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Ensuring High Quality Design and BIM Through QC Views, Schedules, and Reports
Reviewing construction documents for quality is a well-oiled process at Henderson Engineers given our five-plus decades of industry experience. However, our approach to reviewing Building Information Modeling (BIM) for quality initially required a different mindset, …
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Applying DfMA Logic to Our Design Processes
I recently wrote an article exploring the meaning of quality in relation to engineering. I described how we define quality at Henderson Engineers within our design process, and how our firm’s end deliverable is quality …
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Wildfire Smoke Mitigation Strategies in Buildings
According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. experiences an average of 70,000 wildfires every year. The fires and ensuing clouds of smoke present a challenge to the safety and well-being of …
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Cold Storage Design Considerations
Henderson Engineers has decades of experience designing refrigeration systems across grocery, retail, and warehouse environments, so we have our finger on the pulse of how the cold storage market is shifting to accommodate the latest …
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