To assess the demand (potential or future) for alternative fueling stations, conduct surveys to determine the alternative fuel most likely to be used by future building occupants. Consider polling future building occupants via email or a paper survey.
If installing a electric car-charger, install a 240V conductive power supply (or inductive charger). The emerging market for electric vehicles is expected to require J-1772-compliant outlets, which need a 240V power supply.
Fueling stations can be as simple as an electric-car charging outlet in a parking garage, but they must be designed to support street-legal, long-range vehicles (not electric golf carts, for example).
When it is not possible to allocate preferred parking nearest to the building entrance, (for example, in residential projects, where each unit is allotted a specific parking spot in the lot), consider providing parking discounts for drivers of LE and FE vehicles instead. The discount must be at least 20% below the regular parking rate and available to all occupants with a LE or FE vehicle. The higher the discount, the stronger the incentive.
If your project is providing the minimum number of parking spaces required by zoning laws (to comply with SSc4.4, for example), your local city zoning board may have initial reservations about reducing the number of available spaces. But you may be able to resolve this by emphasizing that “preferred parking” status is applicable to a large and growing number of cars.
