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Title: Pooling Your Resources.(tips on reducing energy used by swimming pools)(Brief Article)
Author: JENNIFER BOGO
Publication: E (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2000
Publisher: Earth Action Network, Inc.
Volume: 11 Issue: 4 Page: 44Article Type: Brief ArticleDistributed by Thompson Gale
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Give Your Swimming Pool--and Your Utility Bills--an Energy-Smart Makeover
Six million American homes have swimming pools, which provide a cool alternative to the blazing heat of summer months and a refreshing excuse to put off that lawn work just a little bit longer. Unfortunately, the effort it takes to blow up those rafts isn't the only major energy expenditure pools create. Billions of dollars a year are poured into the maintenance of home pools, and in the process a lot of money, and energy, wasted. "If it's just a hole in the ground with water, a pool is pretty low energy intensity" remarks Michael Lamb, a certified energy manager with the U.S. Department of Energy's...
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