Smart Parking Garage

This study will determine the applied wind loading on the steel structure of the novel Electric Vehicle Automated Parking (EVAP). It will develop proper design guidelines for steel helical piles to support EVAP considering gravitational (self-weight of EVAP and cars) and environmental loads (i.e. wind, snow and earthquake). EVAP is the world’s first integrated parking system offering residents of the “Electric Vehicle Enclave” (EVE), London, fully-automated EV pick-up and parking. This concept will demonstrate novel parking and charging infrastructure for autonomous vehicles and address the lack of high-density EV charging in parking-restricted urban environments. EVAP will autonomously dispatch community-shared EVs to resident’s doorsteps on command, thereby reducing the need for car ownership within the community. EVAP will contribute to annual direct GHG reductions of 201 t CO2e by 2030, which can aid Canada in achieving its goal of reducing green gas emissions. This technology will also be used in the USA, which will further increase its positive impact.

Faculty Supervisor:

Hesham El Naggar

Student:

Partner:

S2E Technologies Developments Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Agriculture; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of Western Ontario

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