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Energy Usage in Swimming Pools

We were among the first in our area to promote energy efficient heat pump pool heaters, filtration pumps, control systems and non-porous fiberglass construction materials.  Together, these features will save you over half on operating costs.  If you add an automatic pool cover, even more energy savings can be achieved.

Filtration Pumps

The average backyard swimming pool requires a one horsepower pump to adequately recirculate water.  Many manufacturers of pumps are using high efficiency motors that save a large percentage of the power over older models.  Electronic timers allow you to run your pump at one or more cycles during the day.  Our filtration systems can run 8 to 12 hours per day and keep the water safe and beautiful.

Pool Heaters

Heat pumps extract heat from the surrounding air and transfer it to the pool water using electricity.  Two drawbacks of heat pumps are slower heating and a higher required ambient operating temperature.  Most heat pumps cannot heat water when the outside temperature is below 45°F.  When temperatures are above 45°F, heat pumps do very well at maintaining pool water temperature.  However, most people do not want to swim when the air temperature is below 45°F.  So, heatpumps in the Midwestern US make a lot of sense.  They are the best way to efficiently add heat to a swimming pool, saving as much as 70% of the cost of using a gas heater.

Gas fired heaters use either propane or natural gas to heat water.  The main advantage is fast heating which makes sense for only heating the pool during certain periods such as weekends.  The cost of running gas heaters is two to three times the cost of a heat pump.

Pool Covers Save Energy

Solar Covers, Winter Covers, Automatic Covers... which is best?
Solar covers are inexpensive but will save a large portion of your heating bill when properly used.  They keep evaporation down and at the same time allow solar gain and insulation during nighttime hours.  The problem is that they are difficult to place on the pool and are hard to handle and store.

Winter covers are great at keeping the pool clean and safe during extended time of non use of your pool.  However, they require an hour or so to put on, and another equal amount of time to take off.  We recommend winter covers for those who operate their pools when average daytime temperatures reach about 60° F.

Automatic covers are great for people who want to save the most energy and keep their pool operating at the lowest average outdoor temperatures.  When closed, automatic covers keep debris and uninvited guests out and when open, allow full use of the pool.  You can keep the pool closed except when in use, saving energy, chemicals and water.

Our Environment

We recycle all cardboard, paper, metals and other left over products from our operations.

We install fiberglass pools that require half of the pump run time of liner and gunite pools. This translates to half of the energy cost of other types of pools.  Fiberglass just makes a better water container with the non-pourous surfaces that stay clean with little effort.

Fiberglass pool shells never need to be resurfaced or have their liners changed (because there is no liner!). This saves land fill materials from being generated, sand blasting dust from being generated, and conserves your hard-earned money as well.

We use cartridge filters which conserve water by never requiring backwashing.  These filters also conserve chemicals and prevent pool water from contaminating our streams.

 

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