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ABOVE LEFT: Victorian design and construction company Out from the Blue was the runner-up in
Residential Environmental Award for this pool built in Tasmania
show breaks
ABOVE RIGHT: The St Kentigern College Pool, Auckland which won the Commercial Environmental
Award for an outdoor pool. The pool included the installation of the largest slatted pool cover in
all the records
the southern hemisphere. To cover the 500-square-metres of water surface area, the cover had to
be made in two parts, which operate simultaneously
SPLASH! the Australian pool and spa
trade show has been hailed as the largest
BELOW MAIN: The Ian Thorpe Aquatic Centre, Sydney, winner of the Eco award for indoor pools.
ever pool and spa trade show in the
The pool has become an icon in its home town on the outskirts of Sydney, while raising
environmental credentials to a new level for a project of this scope
country after breaking industry records.
The 2008 event was bigger by every
INSET: Highly commended in the Pool Shop award went to Poolside Frankston. The pool shop
measure than any other pool and spa
actively promoted environmental products and ideas, including gaining coverage in the local
newspaper for stories on saving water, energy and chemicals in backyard swimming pools
industry show. The 93 exhibitors filled
two halls of the Conrad Jupiters on the
Gold Coast, totalling 1,360 square-
metres of floorspace.
Over the two days of the show,
1,583 visitors came through to see the
latest equipment and ideas, including
dozens of new products never before
seen in Australia. The visitors came
from every state and territory in
Australia, as well as 15 other
countries, making this the most
international of trade expos to date.
Additionally, many speakers,
exhibitors and trainers came from
overseas to impart their expertise and
demonstrate their new products.
Significantly, the Asia-Pacific region
was well represented, with visitors from
coming from New Zealand, China,
Hong Kong, India, Pakistan, the
Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka and
Taiwan. Other international regions
were also represented, including the
very high importance in water thoughtful hydraulic design, which can United States, Europe and Africa.
conservation and also in reducing power considerably reduce the power demand “We’re very excited by the success
consumption, as well as having an on the pump. of SPLASH!” says show organiser,
influence in more efficient chemical usage. Heat pump technology is second only to Simon Cooper. “We worked very hard
The judges considered automatic pool solar pool heating as the most to make it a professional trade show
covers to be the best pool cover option, environment-friendly way to heat a pool. that brings people together, but we
followed by pool covers with rollers, Combined with the fact the energy comes were still pleasantly surprised by just
followed by manually operated covers from solar power generation, this is very how many people turned up. One of
without rollers. environment-friendly in this instance. the reasons for this was that we had so
Solid fencing can help reduce A double-brick pool room was built to much to offer – there was twice as
evaporation caused by the wind, and minimisation the noise from the pool much floorspace as the previous show,
glass pool fencing also fulfils safety equipment. While the isolated nature of and so many new things for visitors to
requirements. this pool does not make noise a major see and do.
Capable of storing 200,000L (133% the concern, it is generally a very good idea
volume of the pool) from rainwater to reduce it as much as possible, as the
harvesting (and also from bore water, pump can then be run outside peak
which was not considered necessarily times without disturbing residents or
environment-friendly). neighbours.
The pool is run on energy generated by
solar power. Although the solar capacity Residential Environmental Award Finalist:
was not quantified, the entrant said it is Pool designed and built by Out from the Blue
enough to run the house and pool, and
also feed energy back into the grid. BluePool Shop Award (Sponsored by
Demonstrates an understanding of how Pentair): Highly Commended: Poolside
to minimise energy use through Frankston spn
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