"Green" Garages
Robotic Parking garages are "green" products. They conserve fuel since no vehicles waste time and energy driving up and down long ramps in search of a parking space. This also significantly reduces emissions of harmful gases into our environment.
A review of LEED-NC Ver 2.2, Green Building Rating System for New Construction & Major Renovations indicates that a Robotic Parking System could receive at least 10 points and as many as 17. The most points for any one item: "Innovation in Design" could earn four points. Other areas with one point each are:
- Lighting
- Thermal Comfort
- Chemical & Pollutant
- Low Emitting Materials
- Air Quality
- Reduced Gas Consumption
- No Air-conditioning
- Optimize Energy Performance
- Atmosphere
- Light Reduction
- Maximize Open Space
- Preferred 5% Parking
- Shared Vehicle Storage
- Bike Storage on Pallets
Robotic Parking Systems ensure an environmentally clean parking facility in which exhaust is eliminated and energy is saved since no automobile engines are used to park - only electric motors. Below is an estimate for a 1,400 space robotic garage:
- An annual savings of 19,828 gallons of gasoline in the parking process
- Likewise, the quantity of toxic emissions eliminated are as follows:
- 2,885 lbs of Hydrocarbons (HC) per year
- 1,486 lbs of Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) per year
- 11.149 tons of Carbon Monoxide (CO) per year
- 198 tons of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) per year
The above estimates are based on the following assumptions:
- Average total distance driven in conventional garage entering and leaving: 1 mile
- Average days garage used per year: 275 per year
- Hydrocarbons per mile: 3.3 gram per mile
- Carbon Monoxide per mile: 0.026 grams per mile
- Nitrogen Oxides: 1.7 grams per mile
- Carbon Dioxide: 1 pound per mile
- Gasoline: 0.05 gallons per mile
In conclusion, Robotic Parking garages, in addition to reducing U. S. energy consumption, have the potential to positively affect the way buildings and communities are designed, built and operated to improve our quality of life.
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