It's no secret that pools require a lot of water and energy to maintain. However, you can do a lot yourself to make your pool as environmentally friendly as possible by taking a little care! Our advice will not only give you useful information, but will also help you to care for your environment.

What makes a pool eco-friendly?

Given the planet's climate change problems, it's time to face up to the fact that our pools are probably not winning the race when it comes to sustainability. If we want to make a difference to the environment around us, we need to start by changing the way we think about water. That's where eco-friendly pools come in!

Essentially, eco-friendly pools are designed to reduce household carbon emissions and save pool owners money at the same time.

The average Hungarian household emits around 10-12 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year. This is made up of activities such as transport, heating and energy use.

The greatest negative impact on climate change and global warming is caused by the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The carbon footprint is the amount of greenhouse gas emissions - expressed in carbon dioxide equivalents - that are released into the atmosphere as a result of our activities.

Energy use therefore has the biggest impact on reducing a household's carbon footprint, so it is worth choosing a pool that takes this into account. As well as helping the environment, this will also reduce your energy bills.

Why build an eco-friendly, energy-efficient pool? 

The obvious answer is that we need to move towards an environmentally friendly and sustainable lifestyle in all areas and minimising the environmental impact of your pool is easier than you think. What's more, it can be a pleasant surprise for your bank account! In fact, a well thought-out pool in terms of energy use will cost you a lot less in the long run.

In recent decades, environmental awareness has begun to infiltrate the swimming pool business and there have been a number of significant developments that are paving the way towards environmentally friendly swimming pools.

Embarking on a new project or renovating an existing pool can seem like a big task. Making the changes below will help make your pool more environmentally friendly.

Here are our top 5 tips for an eco-friendly pool   

1. Use a pool cover! 

The amount of water needed to fill your pool is not the only issue when it comes to sustainability and cost. An average pool can lose around 32 000 litres of water per year through evaporation.

Evaporation is caused by the sun and accelerated by the wind, so a pool cover is the obvious choice to combat it. Pool covers can reduce evaporation of pool water by up to 95%. Cover your pool when it's not in use!

With heated pools, the wind also causes the pool water to cool, forcing the heater to work harder and use more energy, so a pool cover also reduces energy use by keeping the heat in.

Another "by-product" of using a pool cover is a cleaner pool. A cleaner pool requires fewer chemicals and less manual and robotic cleaning.

2. Save water! 

How often you drain a pool is also a key factor in water conservation. Automatic pool cleaning robots clean your pool to such a high quality that there is no need to waste water by draining it frequently. 

And by significantly reducing water waste, pool cleaning robots contribute to a greener and more sustainable future.

3. Use an inverter circulating pool pump! 

Unlike less efficient single-speed pumps, variable-speed or inverter circulating pumps can regulate the speed according to demand (for example, when the pool is not in use, it will turn the water at low speed), thus reducing energy consumption and energy costs. 

Faster is not always better and inverter circulating pumps allow you to run them at lower speeds, which allows optimal cleaning and increases the lifetime of the equipment.

4. Less chemicals are enough 

When it comes to chemicals, less is always more! Using fewer chemicals is not just a cost-saving measure. When water treated with chemicals evaporates, greenhouse gases are produced, and draining water treated with chemicals damages ground and river water. 
By reducing chlorine use, you can also reduce operating costs and make your pool more environmentally friendly.

A simple way to do this is to check chlorine levels regularly. If you maintain the level properly, you will have less need to shock your pool with high doses of chlorine. Adding bromine to your pool will also allow you to use less chlorine.

Something else that can help is the use of pool cleaning robots. They also significantly reduce the amount of chemicals needed, because the robot's advanced filtration system ensures that the water is cleaned efficiently. The chlorine shock density can therefore be significantly reduced if the robot is used regularly. This is not a negligible aspect for your health.

5. Watch out for leaks in the pool 

If the pool leaks, it will cause significant water loss and require constant refilling, which is a big waste of valuable resources. It also costs a lot of money.

Pool leaks and the water loss they cause upset the chemical balance. Another costly side effect of a leaking pool can be structural damage, so detecting and repairing leaks is a priority.

If you care about your environment and just want to enjoy your pool, use an automatic pool cleaning robot to protect your environment and your health! We'll help you choose the best robot for the job:

How to choose a pool cleaning robot?

We can't turn back time, we have no control over its passing, so let's enjoy having the robot do the cleaning for us and spend that time with family, children, friends or just some well-deserved rest.

Have a nice splash!