While it will take a number of changes to keep our planet habitable for humans for generations to come, transportation continues to play a substantial role in the climate change reduction equation. Around the world, transportation accounts for approximately 60 percent of global oil consumption, 27 percent of energy use and 23 percent of CO2 emissions. However, your parking garage might be one of the many underutilized solutions to the rising tide of transportation-related climate change.

Attend the April Parksmart Advisor training session, offered by the International Parking Institute (IPI) in partnership with GBCI, to elevate your professional practice, offer additional services to your clients and attract new business. The next series of Parksmart Advisor training is scheduled for April 10, 12, 17 and 19.

Whether your garage has already embraced cutting-edge sustainability strategies or is starting to evaluate ways to improve garage performance, Parksmart is a fit for you.

Over the past year, Parksmart has evolved to provide a tailored experience. Initially conceived as a tool to recognize industry leaders, Parksmart has expanded, now supporting all parking operations in their pursuit of improved performance and greater social impact.

Forward-thinking real estate owners across the United States are exploring how their often-ignored impervious parking lots could be reimagined. In so doing, they help create an environmentally and socially responsible, healthy and prosperous environment that improves quality of life. JLL and Procter & Gamble are among those businesses leading efforts to develop high-performing surface parking.

Credit for all photos: RLJ Photography.

Parking innovators are embracing Parksmart to increase performance, improve customer experience and lower environmental impact. Their projects enhance universities, mixed-use developments, community spaces and office towers across the globe.

LEED projects continue to demonstrate interest in adding Parksmart certification to their parking structures. To support these projects, GBCI released the Parksmart and LEED Synergies document in 2017.

With nearly 80 certified and registered projects in 19 U.S. states and five countries, in structures ranging from airports to office buildings, Parksmart is a proven, integrated standard with which to build new and improve existing parking structures.

Elevate your professional practice, offer additional services to your clients and attract new business by earning the Parksmart Advisor designation. The first online training sessions of 2018 are scheduled for January, 9, 11, 16 and 18.