Solar-Breeze - Robotic Solar Pool Skimmer

Entrepreneurs who have business concepts based on sustainability and other environmental ideals will compete for as much as $5,000 at the Great Green Business Search on May 10.

Solar Pool Technologies is one of 15 companies selected by The Green Chamber to pitch their big Green idea.

One of the prizes is a People's Choice Award.

The event will start at 9am and run until 3pm May 10, 2012 at ASU's SkySong Scottsdale Innovation Center.  This is at the corner of Scottsdale and McDowell Roads in south Scottsdale.

Come on down.  Listen to all 15 great ideas and vote for us! For a list of the contestants, visit the Green Chamber of Greater Phoenix.

The year 2011 will go down in history as a very difficult one from the standpoint of the global economy, but it will also stand out for the incredible explosion of interest in Solar.  More homes and businesses than ever are using solar energy as a source for electrical power. We all see the need to use more renewable energy.  Solar fits the bill for most of the planet.

Solar gadgets and devices have proliferated.  Some are just for fun.  Others fill a real need.  The Solar-Breeze solar robotic pool skimmer fits into the "need" category.  Even if current Solar-Breeze owners only reduced their pool pump runtimes by half last year,  the carbon equivalent of many hundreds of SUV's have been taken off the road.  The staff at Solar Pool Technologies thanks everyone who made this possible.

As we ring in a New Year, we look forward to connecting with more pool owners around the world and helping them to save time, money and energy. 

Here we are in the holidays.  There are goodies on every desk and special offers in every other email.  Our diets are out the window and our wallets have come unlatched.  What are some ways we can live the 5 Rs and still celebrate the season? 

The first R stands for Reduce -- but who wants to!  Pour a glass of eggnog  and ponder how to make this season a green celebration.