Saving $13,000 With a Pool Solar Panel

As an example of the types of savings that can be had, the Port Royal Sound is exhibit A. The Port Royal Sound is an ilnet of the Atlantic Ocean, found in the Sea Islands Region in South Carolina. Located in the beautiful area is a villa community called “The Spa on Port Royal Sound”. It houses over 250 one and two bedroom villas that many wealthy people use as second homes.

The Spa has a large indoor swimming pool which costs $13,000 a year to heat (for 6 months of the year). They recently installed solar hot water panels to heat the pool at a cost of $18,000 (for the entire year). The installation of the pool solar panel is expected to save them that $13,000 a year and to completely pay for itself in less than two years.