Green parking concept offers one-stop sustainable solution in Dubai

A green parking system can save thousands of trees and reduce carbon emissions, according to a group promoting the concept.

Green parking is a concept that involves replacing paper tickets with reusable plastic park chips as well as the parking lot being powered by solar energy and area is lit up by LED lighting system that will help save up to 70 per cent of electricity.

But a major component of the green parking initiative is the installation of Electric Vehicle Chargers (EVC) at the parking lots that will make use of hybrid and electric vehicles practically possible.

“We believe in offering the one-stop parking solutions right from providing the equipment to operating and maintaining the parking spaces in an eco-friendly environment,” said Sam Alawiye, CEO of GreenParking, a company that introduced the concept to the region.

He informed that just by replacing the paper tickets with the reusable park chips his company was able to save 3,670 trees in the last few years of operations in the country.

Interestingly, the group has tied up with Dewa to install EVC at 16 locations across Dubai, eight of which are already installed at various DEWA branches.

Original article by Shafaat Shahbandari

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