Tag: Mike Fowler

Save energy and extend equipment life with variable-frequency drives

June 18, 2016

Over the past few years, pool professionals have learned that going ‘green’ can significantly lower a pool’s operating costs. Pumps and filters are among the items most scrutinized due to the vast amount of energy they consume. To reduce costs associated with water circulation and filtration it is important to understand why pumps and filters consume large amounts of energy and what options are available to lower consumption—factors that also extend a pump’s motor life.

Online cost calculators: The first step to reducing pool operating costs

April 4, 2016

Every year, aquatic facility managers review their operating costs and usually find their electricity bill to be one particular expense that never seems to get cheaper. For an aquatic facility, there is so much equipment that uses electricity that the simply ideology of ‘turning off the lights’ does not help to lower these costs. Everyone realizes an aquatic facility’s mechanical room consumes a lot of electricity; therefore, it is the logical place to start when looking for ways to reduce operating expenses.

Best practices for determining pool plumbing schematics

September 4, 2015

Proper pump selection and optimal flow rates are extremely important to ensure proper hydraulics and to get the most efficiency throughout the entire pool and/or spa/hot tub. It is also important to avoid ‘dead spots,’ especially in today’s pool designs which often ...

Reducing operating expenses with new lighting technologies

October 1, 2013

Commercial aquatic facilities are continuously performing internal ‘audits’ on operational costs to find ways to save money for additional aquatic programming. In doing so, many are discovering one of the fastest, easiest ways to reduce energy consumption is to replace old incandescent pool lighting with today’s improved light-emitting diode (LED) lighting.

YMCA facility upgrades its operational efficiencies

October 1, 2013

Commercial aquatic facilities are continuously reviewing their operating costs and evaluating the benefits of replacing a heater, pump, or filtration system to improve the operational efficiency of the pump room. Smart pool professionals are now taking the time to look at the pump room as a whole whereby integrating all equipment to make all components run with greater synergy. Rather than look at individual parts of the pump room, it has become even more important, especially with today’s new technology, to look at the entire operational system to ensure all of the individual components achieve maximum performance.

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Tag: Mike Fowler

Pump efficiency 101: Getting back to basics and benefitting from energy-saving incentives

Save energy and extend equipment life with variable-frequency drives

Online cost calculators: The first step to reducing pool operating costs

Best practices for determining pool plumbing schematics

Reducing operating expenses with new lighting technologies

YMCA facility upgrades its operational efficiencies

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Pump efficiency 101: Getting back to basics and benefitting from energy-saving incentives

Save energy and extend equipment life with variable-frequency drives

Online cost calculators: The first step to reducing pool operating costs

Best practices for determining pool plumbing schematics

Reducing operating expenses with new lighting technologies

YMCA facility upgrades its operational efficiencies

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