School Pool Solar Heating

School Pool Heating Solutions – Designed for Kiwi Kids

At Pool Solar Heating Specialist Limited, we’re proud to help schools across New Zealand extend their swimming seasons — giving more Kiwi kids the chance to enjoy their pool longer, learn vital water skills, and stay active.

We’ve had the privilege of working with leading schools including:
🏫 Bucklands Beach Primary
🏫 Cornwall Park School
🏫 Titirangi Primary School
🏫 Glamorgan School

Whether you're upgrading an older system or starting fresh, we’ll tailor a solar heating solution that suits your school’s needs, budget, and pool usage.

 

🌞 Why Schools Choose Solar Heating:

  • ✅ Sustainable & Environmentally Friendly
    Reduce your school’s carbon footprint while using free energy from the sun.

  • ✅ Cost-Effective Operation
    After installation, solar has near-zero running costs — ideal for schools with tight budgets.

  • ✅ Low Maintenance, High Reliability
    Solar systems are long-lasting and require minimal upkeep compared to gas or electric systems.

  • ✅ Long-Term Investment
    Designed to last for decades, solar heating delivers consistent performance year after year.

🔁 Hybrid Options Also Available

We also supply commercial-grade heat pumps, which can be paired with solar to create a hybrid heating system. This allows you to use solar as the primary source, with the heat pump providing additional boosts during cooler periods or cloudy weeks. However, we strongly recommend solar as the foundation of any school pool heating setup due to its sustainability and ongoing cost savings. Be aware the ongoing costs to run a heat pump.

 

📩 Get a Quote for Your School

To help us provide a tailored solution, please email info@poolsolarheating.co.nz with the following details:

  • School Name

  • Contact email and phone number

  • Pool dimensions (length x width x depth)

  • Photos of the pool area and pump shed

  • Approximate number of students using the pool daily

 Make swimming accessible, affordable, and sustainable for your students — contact us today to get started

 



Performance Comparisons and Costings:

Gallery of Installs (updated 2019)

Cosgrove School Papakura

  • 50mm pipe work on a 10 degree roof fall
  • Solar collector and pipe work fully elevated for full water promotion below on roofing
  • Solar collector running across the high part of the roofing peaks. Solar must never run in the gullies, as this will cause build up and will cause the roof to rust

 

 Bucklands Beach Primary

  • No roof penetrations
  • Solar replacement
  • 50mm pipe with solar collector running across the roof ridge line
  • 1:1 sqm of surface area to pool area

Cornwall Park School

  • Solar replacement 
  • 1:1 replacement
  • Suntube 2 panels
  • This layout is 2 solar collector banks to help reduce pressure
  • Opted for the Suntube panel system for durable long lasting performance

 

 Titirangi Primary School

  • 50mm pipe work
  • Solar replacement as previous system was on a timber base that did not expend and contract in the sun. Causing previous system to fail

 Glamorgan School

 

 

 

 

Clydevale School/Community Pool

25m x 12m panel

Panel 5m off the ground

Pool is covered and have 4mm thermal blankets

HiPEC PSH collector, 100mm manifold, 80mm returns with provisions for large pressure and flow

Feedback from Don at Manurewa Central Primary School

 

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