Commercial buildings account for 34% of global CO₂ emissions. Most GRESB submissions ignore underground parking entirely, because they don’t have access to real-time operational data.

But with the right technology. underground parking infrastructure is one of the most measurable, most addressable, and most consistently overlooked opportunities to improve GRESB performance.

Parking Spotz founder Angelique Mentis explains how smart parking management in basements drives net zero goals and improves GRESB scores across 7 key aspects. Here is exactly why — and what you can do about it.

Walk into any modern building control room and you will see dashboards tracking energy usage, HVAC performance, occupancy levels and security events in real time. Everything measured. Everything optimised.

Or so it seems.

Because one or two levels below that control room sits one of the most heavily used parts of the asset, operating almost entirely blind: the car park.

Facilities and building managers are under growing pressure to demonstrate asset performance, improve tenant experience and reduce operational friction. Real-time parking data is the missing input in that equation — and the infrastructure to capture it now exists.