When I designed my thesis project for my Master of Architecture Degree I looked to the controversial and sometimes political concept of electric vehicles and the integration of their charging system.
Over 95% of a vehicles life is spent parked. With electric vehicles, their electric "fuel" makes them mobile energy units which they could sell when they are parked and plugged in. Essentially with electric cars, commuters who travel to work in certain areas park in large areas and with electric cars these parking lots/garages can become energy beacons of towns and cities utilizing energy in electric cars during business hours when electric demand is high and with quick charge stations those same cars could be scheduled to be recharged by the time they leave as the electric demand dwindles down towards the end of the day.
Norwich University Actually did an article about my project: which can be seen here:
Update: the rest of the photos can be seen here on a later blog post of mine: http://bmarkgardner.blogspot.com/2012/11/electric-vehicle-parking-garage.html
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