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Isla Vista gets a new parking lot featuring an array of 98 solar panels

Posted by AditiJ on 14/11/2009

After much anticipation, finally a new solar parking lot opened its doors at the heart of Isla Vista yesterday. Located at 881 Embarcadero del Mar, the parking lot with 45 parking spaces has been built incorporating several eco-friendly features. The.

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Nejur Andrei's solar parking juices up electric cars wirelessly

Posted by DeshRaj on 13/11/2009

Romanian designer Nejur Andreis Solar Parking Concept is an impressive perception, for it offers a dual solution to parking and charging of electric vehicles as well. What the design proposes is the wireless transmission of charge from the solar...

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UCF Lighting Retrofit to Save $42K, Pay For Itself in 1.2 Years

Posted by Environmental Leader on 30/10/2009

By switching to more efficient lighting, a University of Central Florida parking garage will see savings of $42,000 a year.UCF swapped out 500 lighting fixtures on three levels of the garage for newer, more efficient T5 fluorescent lights, according to the UCFToday blog.The new lights use 14,436 ...

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Go greener with '90 degrees' vertical car parking

Posted by DeshRaj on 30/10/2009

Have you ever heard of a vertical parking system that generates solar energy? I believe you have not, not me either before I stumbled upon the one and only 90 degrees vertical parking system by Baita Bueno. While you tuck your vehicles into the...

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EPA Testing Environmentally Friendly Parking Lot Concepts

Posted by Environmental Leader on 28/10/2009

In an effort to help reduce pollution runoff from paved parking lots, the Environmental Protection Agency is testing a variety of permeable paving materials at its Edison, N.J., facility.If successful, EPA hopes to show businesses how they can install parking lots that not only reduce runoff, but ...

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