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Great Green Business Search
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.
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Solar-Breeze Review from Hawaii
If you don't own one of these great pool skimmers already, get one immediately!
For big pools or small pools, you won't regret it, it saves you time and money and it's fun to watch it work. And wait until you see how efficiently it catches all the dirt, that swims around on the surface of your pool.
I was surprised to see how brave this little machine is. Sometimes I find even long pieces of palm tree leaves curled up in its collecting tray. More than this, the machine's fine mesh filter catches all the tiny unwanted things such as dust, pollen, little bugs and other very small stuff, which you normally cannot even see, how much of it is in your pool and probably causes you allergies, irritations or just contributes massively to the pool's contamination.
And it will last you a long time, because of its sturdy construction and the super friendly and generous customer service, which is really willing to help, no matter what part of the globe you're calling from.
Aloha from Hawaii! Dan, in the Hawaiian Islands
We love to hear from our customers. Thank you for your kind words Dan.
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Using Solar to Heat your Pool from the Bottom
A few years ago, the Riley family was gathered by the pool, talking science in general and physics in particular. Braden and Kristin were 9 and 10 at the time when they asked, “Why do people heat a pool from the top when heat rises?” Great question!
Sun warms the surface of the water but that heat is easily lost to the air. Instead of recirculating the warm water from the top 12 inches of the pool, there had to be a way of taking that warm water down to the bottom. They invented a simple device called the Heat Snorkel.
With this system, the warmed water is pulled through the filter and reintroduced towards the bottom of the pool. As it rises, it circulates and warms the pool.
Read More...Ringing in a Greener Year
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.
Holiday Living & Giving : the 5 Rs
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.
Massive Rooftop Solar Array
I had the chance, recently, to tour the largest photovoltaic rooftop installation in Arizona. I jumped at the chance and climbed the ladder. The installation is on the roof of the Cowley Co. Warehouse at 27th Ave & Buckeye, not far from the State Capital building.
Our guides were Tom Lepley of Phasor Energy Company Inc. and Karl Schmitt, General Manager of Empire Renewable Energy, LLC. Empire put the project together. Tom was the lead engineer.
The scale of this project takes your breath away. 7,872 crystalline silicon modules (solar panels) cover 28,000 square feet of rooftop. The array is held on the roof by its own weight and some ballast around the periphery. There is no racking attaching it to the roof itself. The wiring and conduit appear like leashes to hold it down but their only function is to take that harvest of solar energy down to the invertor room where it can be changed into useable AC power.
Read More...Bike to the Green Market Day
Green in the Valley LLC and Seattle Espresso are teaming up with McClintock Fountains Farmers Market this Saturday, Nov 5, 2011. This is a farmers market at 1840 E Warner Road in Tempe. Like most Arizona Farmers Markets, it offers locally grown food as well as arts, crafts, and cottage industry products such as soaps.
The theme this weekend is Eco-Friendly businesses who can help homeowners and apartment dwellers alike to Go Green. Solar Pool Technologies is proud to be a participant. Other green-minded businesses who will be there include: Clean Air Cab, YouChange, A Greener Refill, Sustainable Communities AZ, and Green in the Valley.
So bike, carpool or drive your hybrid down to the market this Saturday. The market runs from 8am to 12:30pm and is at the corner of Warner Rd. and McClintock in South Tempe AZ.
Read More...Shorter Delivery Times
If you had been thinking about ordering a Solar-Breeze robotic pool skimmer to clean your pool — now is the perfect time.
The explosion of interest and orders in May and June created a backlog and some customers were waiting as long as four weeks to receive their Solar-Breeze.
Solar Pool Technologies has taken steps to streamline our production process and speed up the time from the placing of an order to the day it arrives at your home. We have also incorporated some changes to improve performance and reliability of the Solar-Breeze -- taking a great product and making it better.
Click here to place your order.
Read More...Owner's Manual Online
We always welcome your calls and emails. You can call the office at 623-582-2825 or email CustomerService@Solar-Breeze.com. Read More...
Not Just Skimming the Surface (of your pool)
Phoenix inventors Denis & Terry figured out how robotically skimming the surface will clean your pool, save you energy and money.
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