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Chlorine Hair: How To Protect Your Hair And Prevent It From Turning Green

There are many myths surrounding the effects of swimming pools on hair – especially blonde hair. It’s not surprising as the great majority of pools do not have sensors to…

August 30th, 2019

What to do when you’re social distancing with a pool

You’re stuck at home for the foreseeable future and the great news is that you’re social distancing. Good job! Now, we don’t want to infringe on your “schedule,” but when…

April 8th, 2020

Pooled Energy achieves its first 1,000 pools and delivers big savings

Pooled Energy achieved its first 1,000 pools under management in January 2019 and is using them to deliver big savings to its customers. The aggregate energy consumption reductions delivered by…

January 28th, 2019

Hundreds of Swimming Pools shut-down for Earth Hour

Lights went out for Earth Hour on March 24th, but this year, there was an unusual participant. Pooled Energy has shut down hundreds of swimming pools all across Sydney to support Earth Hour.

March 24th, 2018

New Gas Heater and Heat Pump Controller algorithms now available – save more energy!

Connecting Gas and Electric pool heaters You can ask us to connect new or existing pool heater to the Pooled Energy Intelligent Pool Controller (IPC). This will enable us to…

May 7th, 2018

10 Top Tips to Save Electricity in the Home

1. Heating and Cooling Run the air-conditioning a little warmer in summer and a little cooler in winter. It will make a big difference. Air conditioners’ efficiency drops dramatically once…

December 11th, 2018

New Chemical Control Algorithm is now operating in your pool

Your pool is controlled by sensors and smart algorithms that operate in both the Intelligent Pool Controller at your pool, and in the Internet cloud-based Network Operating Centre (NOC). The pool responds to the time-of-day, the time-of-year, the water chemistry, the amount of swimming, the weather and forecast, the cost and price of power, your PV and solar thermal panels and the state of the Electricity Grid.

February 14th, 2018

Solar Power and the economy

Australia is a global leader with solar PV generation and there are massive forward commitments for large scale arrays and large forward marketing estimates for roof-top solar as at January 2018. The sun is free and solar panels seem to be inexpensive and getting cheaper, so, why are electricity prices rising so much? Electricity prices have nearly tripled in a decade and, despite some political and pundit comments, it seems inevitable that they will continue to rise. We often hear that solar electricity is the least expensive sort of electricity available, so, how can that be?

February 14th, 2018