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Fayetteville Installs LEDLighting W


ITH SHRINK- ing budgets and a citywide man- date to reduce the environmen-


tal impact of the public parking pro- gram in Fayetteville,AR, the city’s sus- tainability coordinator, John Coleman, turned to local “green” builder James “Butch” Coger for options.


After a careful review of the energy con-


sumption trends of the Town Center parking garage, Coger determined that the existing lightingwas themain culprit in budget overruns and was the “lowest hanging fruit” for helping Fayetteville reduce costs and “green” their parking program. With the lighting targeted for replacement,


the search began for lower maintenance and lower energy-consuming technologies.A day- light study was conducted to see what percentage of the parking garage couldmeet code without supplemental lighting. Coger discovered that while the existing facility was run-


ning the lights 24/7, more than one-third of the fixtures could be turned off for as much as 10 hours a day and still meet local codes. With this knowledge, the search expanded to include so-


called daylight-harvesting features as well. All of the modern lighting technologies were investigated, including fluorescent, inductive,HIDand solid-state (LED) sources. Products thatwere incompatible, or compromised, by using daylight and motion sensors were cast aside in favor of products whose lives were not impacted by frequent re-strike and dimming. Coger determined that solid-state luminary (SSL) fixtures


would provide the quickest return on investment for the city and the best projected long-termvalue.The compatibility of LEDfix- tures with daylight-harvesting technologies also tipped the scales in favor of LED overmany competing technologies. LED low bay fixtures from Infinilux Inc. were selected for


the installation, based on a combination of factors, including extreme low-power consumption, robust construction and warranty terms. The complete retrofit of theTown Center ParkingDeck took


Coger’s Custom Home and Commercial Electronics less than 10 days to complete. Upon completion, monitored energy savings exceeded expectations and were the equivalent – using EPA cal- culations – of removing more than 1.8 million tons of CO2 from the environment or taking 562 cars off the road permanently. The city of Fayetteville has calculated a complete payoff of


less than three years, based on their energy savings alone, or a savings ofmore than $150,000. During the ribbon-cutting and grand re-opening of the


Town Center Parking Deck, city Sustainability Coordinator Coleman said: “We are very pleased with both the cost savings and the reduction in Fayetteville’s carbon foot-print. The (light- ing) project has been a compete success and has met, if not exceeded, our expectations.”


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nership between Central Parking and Global Parking Systems, LLC, announce that the City of Houston, Texas has extended the agreement tomanage and operate the parking and shuttle servic- es at George Bush Intercontinental (IAH) and William P. HobbyAirport (HOU) for five years with options to extend for two additional one year periods. The Houston Airport System (HAS) is one of the largest airport systems in the world, serving nearly 50 million passengers annually. Central Parking operates on-site parking facilities for 23 airports, including seven large hub airports serving Houston, LosAngeles, San Francisco,Mia- mi, Detroit,Washington D.C. and Ft. Lauderdale. Finfrock Construction, Inc. has been awarded a contract by Skanska USA to design and build the new parking garage


for Nemours Children’s Hospital at Lake Nona’s medical city. The garage will provide parking for 900 cars and 7motorcycles on ground plus four elevated levels. As the design-builder for the garage Finfrock worked with the hospital’s architect and its construction manager Skanska to design the garage to compli- ment the 620,000 SF hospital currently under construction. Finfrock provided the most cost efficient design for the foot- print and will construct the project within Nemours budget. Precast concrete for the project will be provided by Finfrock Industries and will include pigmented concrete clad exterior structural panels. The project is expected to be complete in summer of 2010.


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