Olympic Park - Beijing
by W Hill
Olympic Park
Olympic Park at night
OLYMPIC
PARK BEIJING 2008
IdentiPark,
the intelligent parking system designed
and manufactured by Nortech
International, will be installed in
the undercover parking of the National Stadium in Beijing by March 2008. The National Stadium forms part of the
Olympic Green and will be central in the Beijing 2008 Olympics. IdentiPark offers benefits for all from a
stress-free and user friendly environment for drivers to maximised occupancy which relates directly to increase in
revenue and profitability for the facility owner/manager.
One
of the most challenging issues that faces the organisers of the Beijing 2008
Olympics is the high pollution levels in and around Beijing.
In addressing this problem many steps are already been taken to reduce these levels such as relocating more than 100
chemical, steel and pharmaceutical factories, replacing nearly 300,000 taxis
and buses with less polluting vehicles and replacing coal furnaces with natural
gas furnaces. So where does IdentiPark
assist in this regard? By directing
vehicles to the nearest convenient available parking space, IdentiPark ensures
that any toxic emissions are kept to a minimum.
This is coupled with fewer
vehicles meandering throughout the facility looking for that elusive parking
space and with real-time information on the occupancy of the facility which can
be used to control ventilation and
lighting. Furthermore, IdentiPark
operates off a low-power base and has the ability to automatically adjust
illumination intensity relative to the ambient
light conditions. All this assists in
placing minimum demands on the power required
to effectively run IdentiPark.
IdentiPark
offers flexibility in installation and, through the various options available,
is able to be customised for all
applications which include:
integrated zone and
level counting,
various illuminated displays such as Numerical Message Signs (NMS),
Variable Message Signs (VMS) and Intersection Guidance Displays (IGD),
three levels of sensor
display
Bay Occupancy Display
(BOD) for those sensors which are not visible from the approaching lane.
The IdentiPark sensors utilise
ultrasonic technology combined with
various smarts, such as temperature compensation and DSP, to ensure the
highest detection accuracy available.
Co-ordinating all of this is a full suite of IdentiPark Software
offering:
Graphical User
Interface mimicking the actual parking facility and all of the IdentiPark
components within it,
useful management
reports,
full guidance and
control,
accessibility through
password controlled access.
Commenting
on the selection of IdentiPark for the Olympic Park Mr. Robin
Zhang (CEO Beijing Navigator Technologies) said, I selected IdentiPark for many reasons apart from the
reassurance that Nortech International has been designing and manufacturing
electronics for the parking industry for more than 37 years, but especially for
their global representation backed
by the highest service levels that I
have encountered anywhere. With IdentiPark I was able to customise the
parking guidance solution to meet and exceed
my customers demands while at the same time remaining competitive in this
market. Nortech became intimately involved in every step of the project which will ensure a
smooth integration of IdentiPark into the facility. The training offered
and back-up supplied guaranteed that we became proficient in the IdentiPark
system and as a result I am able to offer my customers the same levels of service.
IdentiPark
is now installed across the globe in
North America, Europe, Far East and Africa with many new projects, such as
Olympic Park, coming on line in these and other territories over next few
months. It is this international
presence coupled with to a high
quality product that is making IdentiPark the intelligent parking guidance
system choice for so many parking facilities.
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