Paul Wessel, Green Parking Council
Canadian Parking Association - 10/20/15

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national 501(c)(3) organization developing and dispersing green parking practices in and around the parking industry
• promote certification and credentialing, opensource standards, professional leadership
• work at the intersection of parking, green building, clean technology, renewable energy, smart grid infrastructure, urban planning, and sustainable mobility
• embrace all modes of transportation

Green Garage Certification Applications: Canada
Garage Organization City
New City Hall Parkade* City of Surrey
Toronto Dominion Centre South Tower Impark
95 Wellington Street Impark
Toronto Dominion Centre North Towers Impark
639 5th Avenue SW
Eaton Centre
Eaton Centre Dundas Parkade
Lot 435 RBC Centre
Lot 436 Simcoe Place
Lot 437 Yonge Corporate Centre
Glebe Parking Garage*
Northam Realty Advisors Ltd. Calgary
Impark
Impark
Impark
Impark
Impark
WSP
Surrey
Toronto
Toronto
Toronto
Toronto
Toronoto
Toronoto
Toronoto
Toronoto
Ottawa
* = New Construction
# of
Spaces
835
521
176
1051
87
857
549
412
768
1,223
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https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/american_community_survey_acs/cb13-41.html

“Americans spend most of their waking hours at work. The rest – it seems – are spent en route
And it hasn’t changed much over the years.”

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"[Parking] is the single biggest land use in any city. It's kind of like dark matter in the universe, we know it's there, but we don't have any idea how much there is.“ – Don
Shoup
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$75 - $100 billion global industry*, highly fragmented but experiencing consolidation and outsourcing of operations
* http://corpcom.frost.com/forms/EU_PR_KFeick_MA83-18_29Apr15

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Commercial
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Universities
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Airports
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Hospitals
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Hotels
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Municipal
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Shopping Mall

Cars are parked 94% of the time

Successful sustainable urban mobility:
• embraces all modes of transportation
• respects consumer choice
• seeks to encourage more sustainable practices

Successful sustainable urban mobility:
• approach is not car vs. transit, parking vs. parks, cars vs. people
• sustainable paradigm is cars and transit, parking and parks, cars and people.

The market is changing…

What people want…

It is not the strongest species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ones who are most responsive to change .
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Charles Darwin

Operators that fail to evolve will find themselves left out of dance in the long run.
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Mike de Windt

Vision & Framework
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Create a rating system that helps transform the parking industry
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Address a void in the building marketplace
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For new and existing facilities
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Meaningful with teeth, but not excessive

Management (A)
16 Measures, 90 points
Innovations (D)
1 Measure, 6 points
Technology and
Structural Design (C)
18 Measures, 88 points
Programs (B)
13 Measures, 64 points
48 Measures, 248 possible points

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1. Management
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Parking Pricing
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Shared Parking
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Transportation
Management Association
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LEED or Green Globes

Example

Measure A8: Cleaning – Parking Decks
Oil/fuel stains deteriorate concrete
Salt corrodes steel

Measure A8: Cleaning – Parking Decks
What solutions are used?
How often is it used

Measure A8: Cleaning – Parking Decks
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Benefits of Cleaning Decks
Longer life for structure
Reduces runoff of harmful fluids into waste water system

Measure A8: Cleaning Parking Decks
Certification Points: Max 6 Points
[1 point] Oil degreasing – spot clean bi-annually
[1 point] Monthly power sweep
[1 point] Power scrubber regularly used
[2 points] Pressure wash decks, with water
disposed of safely (not into waste
stream), or,
[3 points] Pressure wash decks, with water
recycled safely

2. Programs
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Placemaking
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Car and Bike
Sharing
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Alternative Fuel
Vehicles
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Wayfinding
Systems

3. Technology & Structure Design
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Energy-Efficient
Lighting
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Ventilation
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Storm Water
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Durability &
Resiliency

Certification Program Documents

Tim Hoppenrath
Silver Spring Metro Plaza – Silver Spring, MD

What were the benefits of achieving Certification?
Tim Hoppenrath - Impark
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Learning how we can do our part to help the environment on a micro level…one garage at a time.
Shared a bonding experience with Property Management, Engineers,
Janitorial, and The Green Parking Council.
IPI Award Ceremony in Las Vegas was a memorable reward for the hard work and time we all put into it.
Impark can promote that we are one of the Pioneers of Green Garage
Certification and we are at the forefront of this new revolution in sustainability. This may help our company win bid deals and help with our public relations efforts.
The tenants in the building appreciate our efforts in “Going Green” and enjoy the use of the Juice Bar/Amenity Bay.
Brookfield Properties, property owner and our client, can also promote the “Green Garage Certification” in its marketing efforts to lease space in the building.
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www.greenparkingcouncil.org
paul@greenparkingcouncil.org