2012 SPLASH! Environmental Awards now open for entries
Get your entries in before April 30, 2012 for the third edition of the world’s only dedicated environmental awards for the swimming pool and spa industry.
Click here to download a PDF entry form
The Award Categories
There are two major awards:
• The SPLASH! Environmental Project of the Year (Sponsor: Sunbather)
• The SPLASH! Environmental Product of the Year
The winners of these two major awards will be chosen from the winners of the category awards:
Project Awards
• Residential Pool Award (Outdoor)
• Residential Pool Award (Indoor)
• Commercial Pool Award (Outdoor) (Sponsor: Pentair Water)
• Commercial Pool Award (Indoor) (Sponsor: Supreme Heating)
Retail
• Pool Shop Award (Sponsor: SPASA Queensland)
Product Awards
• Energy Saving Award
• Water Saving Award
• Mechanical Product Award
• Sanitisation Award
• Spa Award
The deadline for entries is April 30, 2012. Please see the entry form for conditions of entry.
The judges include respected experts in the fields of water efficiency, swimming pool equipment efficiency, residential design and commercial water treatment.
• Julian Gray, CEO, Smart Approved WaterMark
• David Hallet, General Manager, Archicentre
• Peter Seebacher, Consultant to the Department of Climate Change & Energy Efficiency
• Alan Lewis, Consultant, Aquazure
• Facilitated by Chris Maher, Editor, SPLASH!
Sponsorships
Attractive sponsorship packages are available. For more details contact Karen Jaques at SPLASH! on (02) 8586 6135 or email kjaques@intermedia.com.au.
The third edition
This is the third time the Awards have been held, following their inception in 2008. They are awarded every two years at a gala evening on the Gold Coast, to coincide with the final day of the SPLASH! Pool and Spa Trade Show.
“The issues at play have certainly developed over the past five years,” says Simon Cooper, publisher of SPLASH!. “There is an even greater interest in environmental issues from the general public, and of course there is a much greater regulatory and legislative impetus to make pools and spas as efficient as possible.
“When the awards were first conceived in 2007, the big issue of the day was the water shortage. Since then, some governments have made efforts to shore up water supply, and the move to a wetter part of the climate cycle has cooled down that part of the debate in some locations. However, we all know once the weather moves into the drier pattern, the issue will come back with a vengeance.”
A recent survey commissioned by Smart WaterMark shows water saving is still top of mind in some Australian centres such as Perth, where 86 per cent of residents are highly concerned about water.
Back in 2007, swimming pools were being targeted as perceived big users of water. Now, they are being targeted as amongst the biggest household users of energy.
“The big issue today is energy efficiency,” says Cooper. “This is very topical. The increased consumer demand on ageing electrical generation infrastructure is creating a lot of debate, as did the introduction of the clean energy bills through the Federal Parliament.
“It’s important that the industry addresses this issue – and is seen to be addressing it. There have been a large number of advances in technology and methods brought about directly by the need to reduce energy consumption in our industry.
“The SPLASH! Environmental Awards is one way to highlight these advances, and to congratulate the people and companies with the vision to pursue them.”
“Once again, we’d like to thank Sunbather who have supported these awards since their inception.”
Sunbather are again Foundation Sponsors of the SPLASH! Environmental Awards, as they were in both previous awards in 2008 and 2010.
