ClimateClever Pools

ClimateClever Pools is an initiative designed to help the local community reduce its electricity consumption.

Make your pool more ClimateClever by:

  • Experimenting with pump and filtration times to eco-optimise your pool’s maintenance regime
  • Replacing old pumps with the most energy efficient pumps available
  • If you use pool heating, investigating options with the lowest ongoing running costs and greenhouse gas emissions, such as solar heating or heat pumps
  • Installing a pool cover to save water, energy and maintenance
  • Installing a rainwater tank to top-up the pool, reducing your potable water use
  • Checking around your pool and piping for cracks and leaks and fixing them

More information:

According to the Building Sustainability Index a pool pump adds 17% energy consumption to the average NSW household, using 1,500kWh of power each year. If used all day and night, in the space of a year a typical pool pump can use more electricity than all other household appliances combined. 

Not only does a pool consume a lot of energy, a pool can also increase water consumption in the average NSW household by as much as 10%. The average domestic pool in NSW is approximately 45,000L and requires a similar volume of water every two years to keep this full, due to evaporation, splash and backwash factors.

Noise

Under the NSW Protection of the Environment Operations (Noise Control) Regulation 2008, the following noise time restrictions apply  for pool and spa pumps (i.e. noise should not be heard in a habitable room in a neighbour’s residence):

8pm-8am on Sundays and public holidays
8pm-7am on weekdays and Saturdays

Office of Environment and Heritage has more information.