Life Cycle Environmental Implications of Residential Swimming Pools

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URL:

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es100422s

Type:

Full LCA not available on the web

Comparative:

Publication year:

2010

Language:

English

Code:

Others

Product:

Residential Swimming Pools

Environmental Impacts

Raw material impact level:

Low

Manufacturing impact level:

Low

Shipping impact level:

Low

Usage impact(s):

Water consumption

Waste generation

Global warming

Usage impact level:

High

End of life impact level:

Low

Quality and sources

Is the study a:

Quick LCA

Was a critical review performed?:

Practitioner(s):

Nigel Forrest

Practitioner(s):

Eric Williams

Practitioner(s) type:

Institut/Technical research center

Summary

Functional unit:

Utillisation d'une piscine résidentielle aux états unis de 61,8 m2 pendant 1 an

Goal and scope of the summary:

to inform decision makers of environmental impacts of products or processes to assist them to make the most appropriate choices

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Pools clearly have substantial resource
use and emissions, but results are strongly influenced by climate. Florida, California,
and NewYork for example, all have approximately 0.04 pools per capita (1) (41), but their
water, energy, and greenhouse gas emissions are starkly different. Local
conditions are therefore important when assessing the impact of pools. Areas of
highest water and/or energy consumption (Los Angeles, Phoenix, Tampa) are also
areas of high pool concentration where climate is the common driver behind pool
resource use, demand for pools, and population growth.We only looked at a small
selection of possible mitigation measures but found that savings in these high
impact areas are not hard to come by. At the individual household level, simply
covering the pool during winter or reducing the pumping schedule offer
potential savings comparable to or exceeding that of commonly accepted
household efficiency improvements. At the neighborhood scale, we found that a planning
policy favoring community pools in residential subdivision over backyard pools
can yield substantial reductions in the mean household water and energy use
compared to neighboring subdivisions without community pools equivalent to
upgrading every house in the subdivision to high efficiency clothes washer and
refrigerator, low flow shower heads, and compact fluorescent lights.

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chlorine water energy

Life Cycle Environmental Implications of Residential Swimming Pools

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