Saving Energy

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One of the fastest, easiest ways to reduce energy consumption is to replace old incandescent light bulbs with highly efficient LED bulbs. Since I am currently overseeing a major renovations of one of our city's Olympic-sized swimming pool, I have decided to switch out the pool's 30 underwater lights with new LED bulbs. Once the renovation is complete, not only will the new bulbs use less energy, but they will produce a better and brighter light in the pool. Another benefit to using LED bulbs is its lifespan, which is generally 10-15 times longer than regular incandescent bulbs. LED's also create light without emitting heat, which means they use less energy to operate, which in turn means less energy wasted. The old bulbs that we are removing were 300 watt bulbs. The new bulbs we are putting in are 18 watt bulbs. You can see that the electricity savings will be tremendous! The new bulbs have a life expectancy of 40,000 hours, which we figure will last us about 36 years at the rate we use them! Besides the new LED lights, we have also converted our pool heating system from electric to geo-thermal; we have replaced our electrical boiler (for hot water in the showers) to natural gas; and we have installed solar panels on the bathhouse roof. Our intent is to make the swimming pool as energy-efficient as possible!