CLEVELAND, OHIO—Hasek Communications, the Cleveland, Ohio-based publisher of Green Lodging News, welcomes Aquatherm Industries as a Green Product & Service Directory partner. Aquatherm provides hybrid solar pool heating systems for hotels and resorts. A hybrid solar pool heating system can reduce 40 percent to 60 percent of the annual gas used to heat a year-round pool (the solar contribution is even higher for pools that are not heated year-round and can range up to 100 percent.)
A typical gas pool heater uses around 8 therms per square foot of pool surface per year to maintain a constant temperature of approximately 80 degrees F (this varies depending upon local microclimate conditions). CO2 emissions from gas pool heaters are around 11 pounds per therm. A hybrid solar pool heater on an Olympic-size pool heated year-round with natural gas would save between 35,000 to 55,000 therms per year of gas and reduce carbon dioxide emissions between 400,000 to 600,000 pounds per year.
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