The parking industry is realizing that advances in technology and society affect the current thinking related to mobility and parking. These changes raise questions: What will the future hold? Will parking demands increase, decrease or simply change? What will become of our parking structures?
How smart is your parking? If you are interested in optimizing performance, cutting energy consumption and increasing sustainable operations in your parking facility, Parksmart certification may be a great fit for you. Parksmart is a transformational rating system that defines and recognizes sustainable practices in parking structure management, programming, design and technology.
2016 was an exciting year for Parksmart—one filled with new partnerships, opportunities, growth and the promise of a better future for smarter parking and the sustainable parking industry.
The 2017 Lighting Energy Efficiency in Parking (LEEP) Awards recognize high-achieving parking facilities, honoring real estate owners who have achieved exceptional energy reductions at parking facilities through high-efficiency lighting and controls.
Parksmart Advisor training is now being offered as both in-person and online through an instructor-led class by the International Parking Institute, in partnership with GBCI. Parksmart Advisors lead clients through the certification process by evaluating parking facilities’ sustainable attributes and preparing their applications for certification submission.
Although a rain forecast sends us scurrying for our umbrellas, we rarely think about where all the rainwater ends up. Yet this stormwater runoff is “one of the great challenges of modern water pollution control,” as the Natural Resources Defense Council explains in its Rooftops to Rivers report.
Parksmart certification is all about smarter parking. By pursuing certification through the measures in the Parksmart Certification Standard, parking structures are able to optimize performance, cut energy use and increase sustainable operations.
Parking lies at the intersection of our built environments and the mobility networks that support them. Because of this, parking presents a unique sustainability opportunity, and Parksmart is positioned to drive change in both of these arenas.
