Increasing Energy Efficiency and Decarbonising Swimming Pools Using Non-Chemical, Advanced Physical Water Treatment Technology

** 市场需求：** 英国有超过3100个商业和私人游泳池，从健身中心的10米小型游泳池到50米“奥运”比赛游泳池。游泳池的运营可能非常昂贵，因为需要不断进行加热和水处理。这意味着，与其他商业部门相比，游泳池每平方米的碳足迹高得惊人。一个平均20米长的游泳池预计每年在水加热和处理上花费45，000英镑，每年与能源，水和化学品消耗相关的碳足迹为194吨。新冠肺炎危机严重打击了休闲行业，游泳池是最后一批解除封锁的游泳池之一。这场危机可能会在一段时间内损害该行业的增长，因为没有人确定复苏的速度会是什么样的。考虑到政府2050年的净零排放目标以及当前降低成本的需求，该行业从未有过投资可持续技术以帮助提高能源效率并减少水和化学品消耗的更好时机。这些投资将有助于节省运营开支，同时减少对气候变化的影响。解决方案：** 环境处理概念（ETC）是一家在非化学水处理解决方案领域处于市场领先地位的英国公司，并将利用拟议的项目输出一种新的非化学方法来处理池水（也称为物理水处理），使用调频能量来改变水的性质。我们的目标是通过安装减少化学品、水和能源消耗的技术，帮助最终用户降低碳足迹和运营支出 ** 满足需求：** 将开发拟议的新水处理设备，以显示游泳池运营商可以通过物理水处理节省碳和成本。这将通过试验频率和输出来实现，以确定哪种类型的物理水处理最适合游泳池水。完成后，ETC将在3个指定的试验中心评价工作原型。一旦所有可用的数据进行整理，最终的设计规范将被解决，一个合适的产品范围将被添加到ETC的产品清单，并提交给行业部门沿着一份试验报告，显示什么可以实现与物理水处理

**The Market Need:** There are over 3100 commercial and private pools in the UK, ranging from small 10 metres pools as part of fitness centres to 50 metre "Olympic" competition pools. The operation of swimming pools can be very expensive as there is a constant need for heat and water treatment. This means that swimming pools have a disproportionally high carbon footprint per square metre in comparison to other business sectors. An average 20 metre pool can expect to spend £45,000 per annum on water heating and treatment along, with having a carbon footprint of 194 tonnes per annum associated with energy, water and chemical consumption.The Covid-19 crisis has hit the leisure sector hard, with swimming pools being some of the last to be released from lock down. The crisis has potentially damaged the growth of the industry for some time as no one is sure what the speed of recovery will be like.With the governments 2050 Net Zero targets in mind and the current need to reduce costs, there has never been a better time for the industry to invest in sustainable technology to help improve energy efficiency and reduce water and chemical consumption. Such investments would contribute to savings in OPEX whilst reducing the impact on climate change.**The Solution:** Environmental Treatment Concepts (ETC) is a market leading UK company in the area of non-chemical water treatment solutions and will use the proposed project to output a new, non-chemical method for treating pool water (also known as physical water treatment) using frequency-modulated energy to change the properties of the water. The goal will be to help end users lower their carbon footprint and operational expenditure by installing technology to reduce chemical, water and energy consumption**Addressing The Need:** The proposed new water treatment device will be developed to show where pool operators can make carbon and cost savings through physical water treatmentThis will be achieved by experimenting with frequencies and outputs to establish which type of physical water treatment is most suited to pool water. When this is concluded, ETC will evaluate working prototypes on 3 nominated trial sites. Once all availabe data is collated, a final design specification will be settled on and a suitable range of products will be added to ETC's product list and presented to the industry sector along with a trial report showing what can be achieved with physical water treatment