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BY ALVARO G. MENDOZA COMMERCIAL ENERGY SPECIALISTS, INC.
AS A 21ST CENTURY BUSINESS OWNER AND A SWIM SCHOOL OWNER WITH A LOT ON THE LINE, WE HEAR A LOT OF NOISE ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY. WHILE WE WANT TO HELP SAVE THE PLANET, WE ALSO DON’T WANT TO PUT OUR SCHOOL IN A BAD FINANCIAL POSITION OR SPEND A LOT OF UNNECESSARY MONEY. CAN YOU HELP DECIPHER WHAT MEASURES MIGHT MAKE SENSE FOR OUR SCHOOLS?
Welcome back to our “Ask the Expert” feature, designed to assist you with issues related to swimming pool water, mechanical equipment, space conditioning and code compliance. Ask a question, and we will try to answer to the best of our ability. Glad to help. You’re right. It seems that every major corporation and municipality is trying to jump on the sustainability bandwagon, sometimes with some pretty ridiculous measures that really don’t substantially preserve resources. Sustainability can be defined as “the avoidance of the depletion of natural resources in order to maintain an ecological balance.” We get it, but the “noise” level makes the entire sustainability movement confusing.
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