Pool & Spa Control

Making Them More Responsive to Your Needs

If you’ve ever used a home swimming pool or spa, sauna or steam room, you’ve experienced some of the many benefits they can provide: recreation, relaxation, exercise, therapy—even an important backdrop for friendship. But if you’ve ever owned any of these amenities, you also know the costs of keeping them heated so they’re ready to go when you want to use them—even if on a lower stand-by temperature.

While the benefits of these luxurious necessities are great, so too are the ongoing operating costs. And with the long-term cost of energy rising, they will only increase over time.

Remotely monitoring and controlling these amenities can minimize heating costs—while making sure they are at the optimal temperature when you’re ready to use them. It will also decrease your carbon footprint.

While you’re in town, for example, the spa or sauna can be pre-set to a schedule that matches your daily use pattern. Set the steam room to fire up at 5:40 am, for example, so it’s at perfect temperature when you arise at 6:00—but only on the days when you also use your outdoor pool, and only in the non-summer months when you need the extra warmth and relaxation the steam provides.

Sudden change in your schedule? Just pull out your smart phone, and make whatever time or temperature adjustment you want. You’ll like saving money, while enjoying a schedule that is fine-tuned to your needs.

Enhancing Convenience and Efficiency with Remote-Controlled Smart Home Features

Got a sauna in your cabin up at the lake? No worries! Just use your smart phone to fire it up 30 minutes or so before your ETA. When you arrive, it’ll be ready.

The convenience and energy savings of remote monitoring and control works for non-luxury smart home features as well. Say you daughter and her family just called you at work to say that they’re plans have changed, and they’re arriving this afternoon for their visit—a day ahead of schedule.

Use your smart phone to turn up the temperature on the water heater—so you won’t run out of hot water this time. And set the heat to increase to 68 degrees at 4:00 pm, in the new guest room above the garage, where they’ll be staying.

For a wide range of energy-consuming home amenities, remote monitoring and control can make your life more convenient and enjoyable. And in the process, it will save money and conserve energy.