Making hotel or resort pools eco friendly article 21 09 17

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Making Hotel or Resort Pools Eco-Friendly Hotel and resort owners seek innovative ways to make the best use of their budget while running pool operations. Pool management companies suggest to create long term arrangements as short-term cost considerations can’t stand in the way of long-term growth. Applying such type of approach enables you to add significant savings.

Whether you have an indoor or outdoor pool, it needs an immense energy to heat and maintain the pool. Apart from this, you need to maintain proper chemical balance to keep water healthy. Environmental factors like extreme weather conditions, pollens affect the pool badly. You need to take certain measures to green-up your pool. With this, you can increase the longevity of your pool. It also reduces pool maintenance cost.


Firms who provide lifeguard services and pool management services emphasis in improving energy efficiency through some effective methods. These methods reduce the energy consumption rate of pools. After installing energy efficient elements, it is important that you must operate these features for 18 to 24 hours a day. Here are some ways that hotels can do to reduce the energy consumption of their pool It is observed that, many hotels install pool pump which needs more power to run. Install a pump which has variable speed. It circulates water at a speed to fit your pool. This helps you to save energy and cost. It is important to note that how often you should operate your pool pump. Pool management and lifeguard companies advise to turn over pool water once a day. It means there is no need for your pump to operate full time. You can also consult with professionals who are appointed at different aquatic positions. They help you to determine the length of time your pump needs to operate. Install a pump timer to monitor time which ultimately leads to energy savings. With the use of advanced technology, the efficiency of heaters has been improved by over 40% over the last 15 years. Use standard heaters which consume less energy and add savings.


Solar energy is a clean source of energy. Install a solar thermal heating system for your pool as per the size, heating needs and location of your pool. Experts recommend to install a photo voltaic solar system to operate your pool’s pump, it reduces your hotel pool’s use of fossil fuel-derived energy even further. If you have halogen pool lights, then it is needed to replace them with LED lights. This change can improve energy efficiency by up to 85%. You need to perform regular maintenance on all your pool systems. It allows you to run all your pool system at their optimum efficiency, saving energy and money.


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