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LIGHTING
AUTHOR Lynn Walldorf
Airports' Ongoing
Push to Sustainability
Luminaires installed in San Francisco's newest
parking garage contribute to NetZero goal.
WITH THE number of vehicles expected to reach 2 billion
by 2030, parking structures can be a transformative
tool for improving the sustainability of buildings,
communities and cities. Fifteen years ago, Shannon
Sanders McDonald published a definitive book on the
evolution of the American parking garage, The Parking
Garage: Design and Evolution of a Modern Urban Form.
In it she wrote, " Car parking is the urban planning issue
of the modern era. As population growth is focused on
cities, and as citizens vie for scarcer land, the multi-level
parking garage is emerging as a modern elixir...The
garage's rising prevalence - and popular interest in
a better urban environment overall - is yielding new
garages whose style lifts their substance. "
Cities and urban planners have recognized
the need to reconsider parking's
dominance in the landscape, and
airports are now doing so, too.
Airport authorities recognize the
value of sustainable parking structures,
which, in addition to their intrinsic
value to the environment, can also
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For many travelers, the long-term parking
facility creates the first impression of
SFO. It incorporates innovative features,
seamless access, sustainable design and
inspirational works of public art.
PHOTOS BY COLIN LEUNG & NIBBI BROTHERS
GENERAL CONTRACTORS
enrich the user experience. By incorporating
sustainable best practices into
the architectural and functional design,
and construction, parking structures
can be aesthetically pleasing and easier
to navigate.
Green Certification
In 2016, the U.S. Green Building
Council (USGBC) announced it
would administer the Green Garage
Certification Program, now called
Parksmart, through its acquisition of
the Green Parking Council. This is
the world's only rating system defining
and recognizing sustainable practices
in parking structure management, programming,
design and technology. At
the time, Mahesh Ramanujam, COO
of USGBC and president of GBCI -
the certification body for USBGC
- commented, " parking and sustainability
are not mutually exclusive
concepts. Every story about a green
building is a story about people - and
every story about parking is a story

September-October 2022

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of September-October 2022

Inside the Fence
Industry Update
Things to Consider When Building a Parking Garage
How Video Surveillance Technologies Are Changing the Way Airports O
Airport Business Security Report
Legal Matters
Airports’ Ongoing Push to Sustainability
Terminal Safety Includes Healthy Air and UV-C Light
Product Focus
September-October 2022 - 1
September-October 2022 - 2
September-October 2022 - 3
September-October 2022 - 4
September-October 2022 - Inside the Fence
September-October 2022 - Industry Update
September-October 2022 - 7
September-October 2022 - Things to Consider When Building a Parking Garage
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September-October 2022 - 11
September-October 2022 - How Video Surveillance Technologies Are Changing the Way Airports O
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September-October 2022 - Airport Business Security Report
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September-October 2022 - Legal Matters
September-October 2022 - 35
September-October 2022 - Airports’ Ongoing Push to Sustainability
September-October 2022 - 37
September-October 2022 - Terminal Safety Includes Healthy Air and UV-C Light
September-October 2022 - 39
September-October 2022 - Product Focus
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