Take an online, instructor-led class with IPI’s Parksmart Advisor Training

Our journey with USGBC as an Education Partner has led IPI to create a new mode of training and delivery platform for our Parksmart Advisor Training. IPI’s newest training delivery option for this program is a blend of a "learn at your own pace" online course and the instructor-led class traditionally offered.

Your top Parksmart questions answered

If you’ve got questions about Parksmart, we’re here to help! Parksmart is the world’s only rating system advancing sustainable mobility through smarter parking structure design and operation. Parksmart is owned and operated by GBCI, the premier organization independently recognizing global excellence in green business industry performance and practice.

Apply by June 2 for the Lighting Energy Efficiency in Parking awards

Applications for the 2017 Lighting Energy Efficiency in Parking (LEEP) campaign are rolling in! Submit your parking site for consideration for a 2017 LEEP Award.  

To join the LEEP campaign, complete the 2017 LEEP spreadsheet and submit it to Parksmart by June 2, 2017.

Grow your knowledge on sustainable parking with these courses

If you are looking to learn more about Parksmart or sustainability in parking, look no further! Our USGBC Education Partner International Parking Institute (IPI) has you covered with best-in-class educational offerings designed to help grow your knowledge.

Forest Home Garage at Cornell University

Constructed in 2009, Forest Home Garage is part of the parking system at Cornell University, which hosts a population of 30,000 (inclusive of 20,000 students) and manages 10,000 parking spaces.

This garage contributes to a campus wide initiative to reach carbon neutrality by 2035 by incorporating energy efficient measures in the construction of this cast-in-place garage. The 254-space garage encourages bike usage and offers public spaces for place-making.

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Parksmart-certified structures lead the way to a sustainable mobility network

Across the globe—in office buildings, at airports, on college campuses—Parksmart-certified facilities are incorporating leading technologies, management and programs to help achieve more mobility for more people using fewer resources.

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Meet Parksmart at the 2017 IPI Conference and Expo in New Orleans

Once a year, the leaders in parking and sustainability from across the world gather to soak up the latest data and technology disruptions, celebrate innovation and compare notes with colleagues about how to manage the 90 percent of time that the world’s billions of cars are waiting for their next jaunt.

Canopy Airport Parking

Canopy Airport Parking placed sustainability central to its development and construction and set out to build the most sustainable parking lot possible. The result was an award-winning carpark that achieved Parksmart Pioneer and LEED Gold certification, was recognized by the International Parking Institute as the most sustainable garage of the year in 2012 and won the National Parking Association’s 2012 Innovation Award for the Innovative Sustainability Project of the Year.

Parksmart rewards energy-efficient garages that keep the air safe

Best practices in parking operations are constantly evolving. Sometimes, new technology drives radical changes in best practices. More often, though, best practices evolve gradually and steadily as subject matter experts share their knowledge and experience.