OUR PANELISTS
Alejandra Argudin, CAPP, CEO,
Mark Berndt,
Bud Braughton,
Jim Burness,
Miami Parking Authority
Director of Business Development, AEP Ohio
Senior Project Manager, City of Columbus
Founder & CEO, National Car Charging
Andrew Duvall, PhD,
Scott Froemming,
Rose Lenoff,
Mike McCabe,
Transportation Behavioral Analyst, National Renewable Engineering Lab
Managing Principal, Walker Consultants
Director of Business Development, Greenspot
EV Marketing & Sales Strategist, Nissan North America
What should parking operators be thinking about when planning for electric vehicle charging installations in existing lots and garages? Andy Duvall, PhD—Parking operators should be thinking about how to integrate charging capabilities into upgrade or new construction plans, and for novel or emerging uses for their facilities as traditional parking models begin to shift. Planning for parking facilities to be used for fleet activities for charging of electric ride-hailing vehicles, or even time-shifted uses of facilities, such as serving as evening or night time micro-distribution centers for delivery services. Alejandra Argudin, CAPP—They should be re-wiring the electric infrastructure of their facilities to be able to power the charging stations without any outages or issues. In addition, they need to determine whether the service will be offered as an additional benefit to their customers at no cost, or whether the 34 PARKING & MOBILITY / JULY 2020 / PARKING-MOBILITY.ORG
demand is high enough to merit selling advertising to generate revenues or charge the customer for the service. If charging for the service, a policy will have to be put in place whereby the customer receives an alert when the charge has been completed in order to turn over the space. If a customer overstays their time after the charge has been completed, a penalty should be imposed. Operators will also need to add the cost of signage and advertising to promote the program. Jim Burness—Planning is a really important issue. Many cities across the country are beginning to adopt minimum pre-wiring or charging installation minimums into the building codes, and for good reason. Studies have shown that retrofit costs are often eight times the cost of installation of infrastructure at new construction. Even more importantly, however, these new codes force architects and planners to think about things that were less important in the past, such as where the electric
