Parkeon’s solar powered machines save enough electricity to run one Manchester home for eight months 

Leading parking solutions provider Parkeon highlights the revolutionary solar powered infrastructure that is helping to reduce Manchester’s carbon footprint at the Manchester Central industry trade show, Parkex, on Wednesday 23rd and Thursday 24th April 2008.

Parkeon, global leader in parking solutions, has today released stats that reveal how its solar powered on-street pay and display (P&D) terminals, which are located throughout Manchester, are saving tonnes of carbon emissions every year. 

Unlike the majority of parking solutions manufacturers, Parkeon lead with solar power as the preferred option for the P&D terminals, and an impressive 95% of their machines in the UK use solar power. 

With more than 190 P&D machines using the renewable energy in Manchester alone, Parkeon’s impact on the environment is considerable.  These impressive statistics show just how easy it is to be green at a time when environmental sustainability has never been higher on the agenda: 

• The amount of CO2 emissions saved through the use of Parkeon’s solar powered P&D terminals in Manchester compared to mains operated machines is a shocking 1.49 tonnes in a year 

• That is enough electricity to power an average Manchester home for more than eight months 

• The total CO2 saved in one year by using Parkeon terminals is equivalent to the amount of CO2 emitted running three televisions nonstop for a year or a computer plus its monitor non stop for 7702 hours

Contributing to Parkeon’s impressive environmental credentials is the long life span of their terminals, which on average last up to 10 years and even longer, while they cause little disruption when installed and save the cost of running cabling to machines.

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About Parkeon (website: www.parkeon.com) 

Parkeon is a global leading player in the fields of on-street and off-street parking and automated mass-transit ticketing equipment and systems. 

Its activities encompass the development, manufacture, installation and maintenance of equipment and systems, as well as related services, including managed services, which leverage a global network of data processing centres. 

Parkeon is leader of the on-street parking segment with a 60% global market share.  With an installed base of 150,000+ machines, the Company’s parking terminals are a familiar sight in over 3,000 cities across 40 countries.  Its Pay & Display systems control over 3 million parking spaces around the world.  

Parkeon also has an installed base of 5,000 ticket vending machines for heavy and light rail, underground and multimodal transport operators in Europe, notably Belgium, Denmark, France, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK.

  Based in Europe (Germany, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Scandinavia, the United Kingdom and France - where the Company is headquartered), the United States, and Latin America (Brazil), Parkeon employs over 900

people worldwide and generated revenues of €155 million in 2007.  Its manufacturing facility has production capabilities of 2,000 Pay & Display units monthly and 1,000 ticket vending machines/access control systems annually. 

Parkeon was formed in November 2003 after the spin-off of the parking & ticketing division of Schlumberger.   The Company has played a significant role in the development of Pay & Display technology, in which it has over 30 years experience.

Parkfolio and Strada are trademarks of Parkeon

Parkeon Limited, 10 Willis Way, Fleets Industrial Estate, Poole, Dorset BH15 3SS, U.K.

Tel: 01202 339494  Fax: 01202 667293  Web: www.parkeon.com

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