Swimming pool and domestic heating and heat pumps

We are very proud to announce that the Calyenty.com swimming pool heat pump and swimming pool equipment manufacture and supplier website is in the top 12% most visited sites on the internet. That’s the whole of the internet, i.e. for all of the sites covering everything that there is, not just in our rather narrow niche swimming pool heated pools and swimming pool furniture market.

Google announced on 7/25/2008 that it had indexed over 1 trillion unique URL’s. That is 1,000,000,000,000. So we are in the top 120 000 000 000, which doesn’t look so good, but when you consider that there are now 880 000 000 000 websites less used, it makes the warm feeling return.

We used the independent analyzer offered by Hubspot which is a great tool to see how your website stacks up, but also identifies areas where you can improve the structure and content of your site to get you up the search engine rankings and onto page one where you really need to be.

It can also be used to check out how well or badly your competitors are doing in the online arena. Please see our website to see for yourselves how we got such a great grade, you may even like to email us with your comments, good or bad!

To celebrate the fact that our website is doing rather well we are going to make the following unbeatable announcements, so if you have a swimming pool, and you live in either Spain, Portugal, France, any of the Costas or even the UK keep reading.

Swimming Pool Heat pumps: For heated pools in Spain, Portugal, France and the UK. Costa del Sol, Costa Brava, Murcia, Malaga, Marbella, Costa Brava, Costa De Luz, Majorca, Moraira, Costa Blanca, Canary islands etc.

Swimming pool heat pumps are inexpensive.
Swimming pool heat pumps are quiet.
Swimming pool heat pumps are small and unobtrusive.
Swimming pool heat pumps are inexpensive to run.
Swimming pool heat pumps are inexpensive to install.
Swimming pool heat pumps are environmentally acceptable.
Swimming pool heat pumps deliver lots of heat into your swimming pool.
Swimming pool heat pumps are flexible in how and when you use them, we even have sms control so you can control them from wherever you are
Swimming pool heat pumps are durable and will last for a long time if you buy the correct model and look after it. (Calyenty offer a full and comprehensive maintenance package with our excellent range of swimming pool heat pumps.

We also offer a massive range of swimming pool equipment. Contact us for: Fully automatic retractable laminated pool cover for both inside and above the swimming pool. Come in White, sand, blue and solar enhancing laminas.

Summer and winter covers with or without rollers.

LED lights, our LEDS are the most powerful, using a fraction of the energy you would use in a traditional halogen swimming pool PAR 56 bulb. Both flat mounted and niche replacement options are available from Calyenty. The colour changing functionality is fantastic and can be operated by remote controller if there are just a few bulbs in your pool, or synchronized controller if you have a very large or commercial pool. We can supply these LED PAR 56 swimming pool bulbs at an unbeatable price and we will beat any comparable price you may have.

Also: swimming pool filter pumps and filters, salt water systems, solar showers, pool robots, astralpool products, stainless steel ladders and much much more.

As part of our celebration we will beat any price given with a pool in Spain, Portugal, France or the UK with any swimming pool product, swimming pool heat pump heaters, and automatic covers.

Please contact us today for this unbeatable price offer, we carry massive levels of stock and can offer immediate delivery.

Call us on 0034972660467 email us info@calyenty.com or visit the website

A. SiegelEnergy, environmental blogger, getenergysmartnow.com
Posted: December 7, 2009 04:13 PM

This is part of a series of brief posts on ‘clean energy jobs’ opportunities for sparking meaningful employment, quickly, in the United States as discussed in Clean Energy Jobs: Stimulate Me.
Clean Energy Jobs Go Swimming: $300 million per year for 10,000 jobs

Legislation is, they say, analogous to making sausage. Sometimes, in the mixing and mashing, seemingly well-intentioned and sensible options can create counter-productive situations and leave many valued goods on the table. One small example of this could open the door to creating employment, lowering costs for state & local governments (including educational institutions, improving ‘customer’ satisfaction, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

When it came to the stimulus package earlier this year, as part of a politically popular move limiting programs eligible for funding, “swimming pools” were explicitly excluded from ARRA funding mechanisms. While, amid serious economic stress and government investment to keep the economic from continuing in freefall, it might have seemed morally appropriate to do this, this restriction simply flies in the face of reality and good sense.

Around the country, whether in schools (K-12 and universities/colleges) or public parks/rec facilities, state and local governments (and independent public recreation authorities) own and operate swimming pools. Many of these, especially as one moves away from the sun belt, are indoor pools heated for good portions of the year. For example, Fairfax, Virginia, has nine recreation centers with indoor swimming pools. Dependent on many factors, the annual heating bill for one of these (large) pools can run $10,000s to even $100,000s.

Such utility bills typically continue, often under the radar, even amid reduced local tax revenues as a ‘fixed expense’ with seemingly no good choice: continue to operate the pool (perhaps saving some $s by lowering the temperature a few degrees and angering swimmers; perhaps raise entry fees significantly and cut into usage) or close it down for months at a time. Few localities choose the shutdown option, unless near bankruptcy, thereby almost guaranteeing above-inflation rate increases in the utility bills even as local revenues fall. Another option, however, exists — one that was precluded by the ARRA restrictions and that should be opened with a jobs package: solar hot water.

Solar hot water for pools represents one of the fastest payback options for renewable energy systems. Without even accounting for any outside assistance, according to the Department of Energy:”Between 1.5 and 7 years” to payback? That is, roughly, stating that there is an ROI of between 10 and 60+ percent per year of energy savings versus the cost of installation. This, as well, doesn’t account for reduced maintenance costs and lower future system replacement costs.
This Energy Smart choice, however, falls through the cracks in many local government planning systems. Solar isn’t well understood and, often, viewed as some form of ‘enviro-liberal luxury’ item. Utilities come out of a different budget than infrastructure investments. Utility costs are often undifferentiated, thus the $100,000 to heat a pool is simply wrapped up in the $300,000 (example) of utilities to run a rec center. And, amid economic constraints, investment budgets for ‘enviro-liberal luxury’ items are often the first to go to the wayside.

Here, however, is a straightforward way for the Federal government to spark local business activity throughout most of the nation, help local governments reduce operating costs (SAVE MONEY!) while providing better public services (warmer pools at lower cost), foster improved infrastructure for renewable energy projects throughout the nation, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and create jobs.

At a rough estimate, putting in solar hot water heating in an enclosed public pool might run roughly $100,000 on average. A Federal program could combine direct payments along with additional assistance: a direct payment of 50 percent along with, as necessary, a ten-year loan program for the remaining portion. In essence, this would provide local governments a path toward $10,000s a year in savings on every heated pool’s operating costs, money that could be used to keep teachers and policemen on payroll or pay for other threatened local government expenditures (and/or reducing the burden on taxpayers).

Such a program would be a highly effective leveraging tool as part of Federal assistance to state and local governments. The Federal assistance would pay back, a high rate of return, in terms of local and state governance costs. And, it would foster jobs.

Due to the leveraging amount, assuming that the Federal costs would end up (at the high end) at about 66% of installation costs, every million invested should support about 30 direct and indirect jobs (which, of course, includes the teachers not fired due to local government savings).Let’s take that Fairfax County recreation department case: nine large indoor pools. Assuming (almost certainly low) that each pool costs $50,000 to heat each year, this totals some $450,000 in annual heating costs. Pool heating percentage of total costs varies, but a 50 percent figure is a reasonable working number: thus, annual savings would be $225,000 (or roughly 3 teachers with benefits). Let us assume that it would take $1 million to put in solar hot water heating for all of these large pools. The upfront costs for the solar heating would be paid back in just under 4.5 years (at a 22.5% per year savings), assuming that energy costs don’t rise. If the Federal government paid half the costs, the County would see its investment paid back in just over two years. A two-year, 40% per year, payback seems quite sensible for funding via a bond program that might cost the County’s citizens about 5 percent per year in interest. And, by the way, this does not count the various tax and other economic benefits that would accrue back to the County of Fairfax, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the Federal government due to business activity, employment taxes, and other financial implications of such a program.

A $200 million per year program, assuming the Federal government’s costs total 66% on average, would mean some $300 million per year invested in solar heating for public swimming pools (local & state rec centers and parks; K-12 schools; public universities). In just a few years, the majority of the nation’s public heated pools could be converted to solar heating. A $400 million program ($600 or so total investment) would support the conversion of roughly 6000 public swimming pools around the nation. This program could, as well, easily be extended to Federal pools (such on military bases), assistance to non-profit pools (notably private educational institutions), and assistance to backfitting solar heating to commercial pools (such as water parks). (The program could, as well, be expanded to energy efficiency in these facilities from pool covers to more efficient pumps or otherwise.) Let us say, with that additional effort, a $300 million / year program would leverage to $500 million / year and rapidly transform the heating of America’s large pools from fossil fuels to renewable energy and increase energy efficiency in America’s recreational swimming.

text-lock padlock

We have been at it again - and text-lock is the latest big idea.

We have already invested heavily in the text-lock, and CE mark testing starts this month, but we would like to know what you think by helping us with your answers to eight simple questions on our on line survey which will take you less than a minute to complete.

What is it?

Text-lock is a remote controlled padlock which can be opened by a mobile phone, mobile device or pc from anywhere in the world, while logging an electronic signature of everybody who uses the text-lock for access.

We are utilizing the latest in GSM and power storage technology which is now not only very powerful in what it can deliver but is small enough to engineer into a product such as this.

Why?

In 2008 in the UK alone 80 million deliveries failed on their first attempt and 20 million collections were also failed at the first attempt. This alone results in massive financial losses, frustration and inconveniences to both customers and parcel service companies. The impact on the environment is also staggering, when you consider the huge waste of human, equipment and fuel resources doing everything twice or inefficiently.

Today’s online community provides us all with more and more opportunities to make purchases and sales without visiting the shops. This is because it fits our current lifestyle to do such activity from our pc screen as we like to maximise our time either working, socialising or involved in leisure activity.  However this online convenience generates its own new challenges such as: how do we take delivery or organize collections of such online trade ?

Text-lock makes all this possible.  It is very simple, economical, secure and convenient.

All you need is a safe box, store, room or enclosure which is secured shut with a text-lock. Set up the delivery/collection with the parcel service, and that’s it, you never need to make a special journey or hang around all day or pay somebody or inconvenience somebody else to meet a driver – its all done automatically and remotely.

Also:

Grocery deliveries from the supermarket.

Remote access for: tradesmen such as painters and decorators, meter readers, estate agents, cleaners etc.

Allowing children access after school.

Allow neighbors to borrow tools, feed your pets while you are away etc.

Securing stores, enclosures, gates etc.

Portaloos and stores on large sites such as golf courses.

Military applications.

Field medical operations.

Home based businesses and home workers.

Small business flexibility.

Large business targeting.

Farms.

Large industrial sites.

24 x 7 x 365 deliveries – early morning restaurant deliveries.

And there are many more very interesting applications the text-lock can be used for.

We would like your opinion.

How flexible is it?
The text-lock comes in two forms:
1. Firstly the text-lock padlock is perfect for securing boxes for deliveries and collections, gates, enclosures, containers, sheds , storage facilities, garages etc.

2. Secondly the text-lock controller is supplied as an auxiliary device which can be connected to electric edge locks or existing electrical locking mechanisms such as electric doors found in hotels, electrically operated gates and garage doors etc.

Electronic signature:
Each text-lock comes with a unique electronic serial number ID. The text-lock can only be opened by an authorised command linked to its unique serial number. The text-lock works hand in hand with our signature server which logs every access event to the individual text-lock owners account which is based around the unique text-lock serial number.

You can even set up an access event on the signature server with an access code, for example a tracking number. The server will only allow access to the authorized requester (such as a parcel service driver) with the correct code. This leaves you free to work late, go for drinks with colleagues, or indulge in a leisure activity like the gym a swim or squash etc.

Anyone trying to open the lock without the correct code will be traceable as he will have left his phone ID on your signature server log. This feature makes the system almost impossible to abuse.

How secure is it?

The text-lock comes with an integral secondary link which enables you to secure the padlock itself so that it cannot be taken away. This also prevents such as a drop box from being removed.

Most standard locks are actually quite insecure in that they rely on a barrel and tumblers which are quite simple to crack or pick with a little knowledge.

With the text-lock there is no external route from the lock catch to enable this lock to be cracked or picked in any way. The only way it can be opened is with the right command which even in its simplest form is millions to one against being guessed.

If anybody tries to tamper with the text-lock it will text you to alert you to the situation.

If anyone leaves it open it will text you and him to remind him to secure the lock again.

Other features include: email alerts, low battery warning text, audio and text-alert tamper alarm and i-phone app.

We are now at a very advanced stage with our development of this product and most of the technology has already been tested with 100% success. The text-lock padlock will be CE mark tested this month (December 2009) and we hope that it will be available for general distribution sometime in the first Q of the new year 2010.

There just remain some outstanding issues for us to address and this is where you can help us with your valuable feedback.

In recognition of your help we are giving five of these fantastic and exciting new products away and every completed online form that we receive back will enter a prize draw. The first five out of the hat will receive a brand new text-lock. The draw will be made on December 22nd 2009, so please take a minute and send your feedback to us today.

The online form can be found by clicking here.

Rest assured we will not share your email address or any other personal information with any other party.

For more information about text-lock please visit the website.
Thanks for your help.

The text-lock team