Think Green

think_greenOregon Hot Tub supports Green endeavors for conserving the planet’s resources and creating a healthier environment. This is accomplished through Green business practices, selling energy-efficient and eco-friendly products, and supporting vendors that care about the environment. Here are a few ways Oregon Hot Tub helps reduce the human footprint on the environment.

Oregon Hot Tub’ business practices and philosophies:

  • Reduce water and energy consumption by selling only the most energy-efficient spas on the market, eco-friendly saunas, and numerous Green water-care products and accessories
  • Conserve resources in business operations—minimize energy usage, favor electronic marketing over hardcopy marketing, recycle, and educate employees and customers on being Green at home, etc
  • Use Green power in showrooms
  • Support Green initiatives such as Trust for Public Lands, Sustainable Business Network, and World Wildlife Federation
  • Minimize water waste during the hot tub refurbishing processOregon Hot Tub’ eco-friendly products:

    Hot Spring® spas are the most energy-efficient spas made. Here’s why:
  • Design minimizes heat loss by pulling heat from the pump and heater and insulating it with multiple-layer, high-density foam within the cabinet and a custom-fit cover
  • Low-amp SilentFlo 5000® circulation pump provides 24-hour filtration while using less energy to operate than a 75-watt light bulb
  • Water maintained at a constant temperature, eliminating expensive heating and cooling cycles
  • Environmentally-friendly water care systems, such as the EverFresh® system, ozone, and CareFree™ Silver Ion filters, keep water cleaner for a longer duration and reduce the need for harsh chemicals
  • 100% no-bypass filtration, meaning that all the water passes through multiple filters before re-entering spas

With these Earth Smart™, Energy Smart™ spas, you will conserve water and energy, protect the environment, and save money:

  • A jetted/whirlpool tub used twice a week for 6 months requires 16 times the water of the Hot Spring Vanguard model
  • Other spa brands recommend draining and refilling every 50-90 days while Hot Springs give you the option of draining just twice a year
  • Hot Spring Spas operate using 30-50% less energy than the typical spa

Not only are Hot Spring spas the most energy-efficient hot tubs on the market, they are built in what is perhaps the most energy-efficient hot tub manufacturing facility. During 2007 and 2008, Watkins Manufacturing reduced their energy use by 1.3 million kWh, 156,000 therms of natural gas, and 1 million gallons of water. And it is for their “Think Green” energy-saving implementations that they were honored at California’s Flex Your Power Awards—winning in the Energy Efficiency category.

Helo® goes to great lengths to ensure that the materials they use come from Green-friendly sources and that their products are safe for the environment. Helo:

  • Produces energy-efficient products, most of which are available in 120 volt, compared to the more energy consuming 220/240 volt
  • Produces environmentally safe products: no VOC emissions and minimal EMF emissions
  • Follows standards that earned them a Lloyds Register of London Quality Assurance Certificate for Environmental Management Systems
  • Procures their timber primarily from the U.S., Canada, and Scandinavia—world leaders in timber harvest ecology