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You know it if you have been reading this blog : I really enjoy swimming. This brings me to writing another pool-related article, this time focused on the ones in our backyards. TreeHugger indeed bpublished an article on their impacts.
Between the consumption of chemicals, water and energy, residential swimming pools have a large environmental cost. The study also draws a comparison with community pools, which tend to have a much lower impact.
For more please check out Chemical & engineering News and Environmental Science & Technology where you can buy the whole report.
I really like swimming. So, twice to thrice a week I go swimming at the Lons-Le-Saunier Aqua’ReL center (pictured left). Opened in 2007 it was built with sustainable development in mind and comes with plenty green features.
Energy efficient, it is heated by the local waste-to-energy plant. Additionally, part of its electricity comes from 30 square meters of solar photovoltaic panels on the roof. Finally, rain water is collected to water plants during the dry season.
I am amazed at all these equipments and believe all new public buildings around the world should have such features.
You perhaps don’t know it but swimming is by far my favorite sport. This is to the point that I seriously consider having one day my own pool to daily swim a kilometer of breaststroke.
One of the problems faced by swimming pools – besides using a lot of water, an increasingly scarce resource – is the extensive use of potentially harmful chemicals like chlorine.
But the Daily Green provides us with great data and pictures on natural swimming pools, an alternative to their traditional counterparts. Continue »
