MORE than £200,000 will be spent on environmental improvements at Tenbury Swimming Pool and Leisure Centre over the next two months.

Freedom Leisure, which manages Tenbury Swimming Pool, is investing the money on work that should be completed by early summer.

The main aim of the improvements is to make Tenbury Swimming Pool more environmentally friendly by reducing its energy emissions, saving electricity and gas, and recycling more of the water within the building.

The air conditioning system throughout the building will be upgraded to be more energy efficient and cost-effective.

The pool hall lighting is being modernised to reduce its electricity consumption and a pool cover is being installed to ensure that less heat is lost from the water overnight, thus reducing the amount of energy required to bring it up to temperature each morning.

Behind the scenes, the water control is being upgraded to reduce energy consumption, the pipe work in the plant room is being insulated to reduce heat loss, and the water recycling system is being improved to ensure more water is saved and recycled within the centre.

Finally, the pool side and changing room showers will have new controls to minimise the amount of water and electricity used.

“We conducted a full audit of Tenbury Swimming Pool and identified these key areas where improvements could be made to make the site more energy efficient,” says Darryl Keech, Freedom Leisure area manager.

“By updating several areas at once we will be able to maximise energy efficiency, reduce carbon emissions and reduce our utility costs across the site.

“Not only will this make Tenbury Swimming Pool more environmentally friendly. It will also improve the financial position of the centre.”

The work will not affect the operation of the facility, opening hours, or any of the activities.

On completion of the work, Freedom Leisure expects Tenbury Swimming Pool to conform to the Environmental Management standard ISO 14001 which recognises environmentally friendly buildings that are effectively measuring consumption and reducing waste.