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Parksmart Reinvigorated: GBCI and IPMI Partner on the Next Generation of Sustainable Parking

Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), the premier organization independently recognizing excellence in green business industry performance and practice globally, and the International Parking & Mobility Institute (IPMI), the world’s largest parking association, have renewed and updated a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for their joint program, Parksmart. Updating and extending this collaboration recognizes the importance of sustainable parking facility design and management to the built environment. It comes as an increasing number of projects have achieved/registered for the Parksmart program, recognizing the importance of sustainable parking facility design and management to the built environment.

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When Climate Risk Meets Mobility Planning: Why Severe Weather Resilience Matters for Parking Infrastructure

Climate risk, particularly severe weather, is becoming an increasingly important factor in how parking and mobility infrastructure is designed and how vehicles are insured and protected. Hail is one of the costliest and most disruptive weather threats facing vehicle-centric infrastructure in the United States. As vehicles with panoramic glass roofs, advanced sensors, and EV components become increasingly technologically complex and expensive to repair, the financial impact of hail damage continues to grow. At the same time, insurers are responding with higher premiums, stricter underwriting, and more stringent requirements for proactive mitigation.

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Design Magazine

The Future of Façades is Here: Kinetic Walls Transform How We View Parking Structures

A Case Study on the Hawkeye Parking Ramp at the University of Iowa

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Design Magazine

Oneida County Parking Garage

Oneida County, New York, is dedicated to delivering exceptional healthcare services to its residents.

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Leadership Development

What role does leadership development play in creating resilient, future-ready teams in our industry?

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Design Magazine Planning Technology

From Need to Innovation

Celebrating PDC in Parking & Mobility

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Planning, Design, and Construction

The Inevitable Professional Cycle

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Technology, Smart Infrastructure, & Real-time Data

How are planning, design, and construction professionals adapting practices to meet rising expectations around technology, smart infrastructure, and real-time data integration for parking and mobility?

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Roundtable Key Takeaways: Designing For Future Operational Flexibility

IPMI’s Planning, Design, and Construction committee hosted a member roundtable focused on parking-related design and construction trends, including commercial real estate market costs and technologies that affect how garages and PARCs systems are designed.