DEHUMIDIFICATION & SWIMMING POOL INDUSTRY

Senior Associate – David R. Stevens

Experience and Qualifications

Over 40 years experience of the HVAC aspects of the swimming pool industry

Member Institute of Refrigeration (1957)

Degree course – Hydrostatics – Insulation

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy NY. B.Mgt.E.

H.N.C. Electrical. Heating & Ventilation

Designed air/water heat pump for swimming pools

Design and installation of reverse cycle heat pump installation – heat/cool process – and utilization of water cooling tower as input/rejection source.

Research into cold storage construction and vapor seal techniques

Calorex Heat Pumps – special reference to application of heat pumps for swimming pools – heat recovery – dehumidification for commercial and industrial applications

Expert witness on swimming pool dehumidification related cases (subject to the situation and availability)

Ongoing contact as technical engineer, with Government bodies, pool contractors, architects and end-users

Associate - Roche & Associates, consultants specializing in Indoor Swimming Pool installations.

Florida licensed pool contractor.

Professional

Registered Professional Engineer.

Member of S.P.A.T.A (Swimming Pool and Allied Trades Associates

Member of ISPE (Institute of Swimming Pool Engineers)

Member of IBM (Institute of Bath Management)

Member of RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects – Swimming Pool Members)

Member of IHVE (Institute of Heating and Ventilation Engineers)

Member of Institute of Refrigeration (Heat Pumps – Vapor seals - Insulation)

Member of IEE (Institute of Electrical Engineers)

Recent

President – Pool Heat Pump Manufacturer's Assn.

Chairman – Florida Pool & Spa Assn. Insurance Trust

President – Florida Pool & Spa Assn. (NSPI –Region VII)

President – Florida Gulf Coast Chapter, NSPI

SWIMMING POOL DESIGN

Senior Associate – Brian Van Bower

Experience and Qualifications

Brian Van Bower has over 34 years of professional experience in the swimming pool and spa industry, specializing in unusual pool and waterscape designs.

He is also President Genesis-3 an international company specializing in instructional and educational progressive schooling for those involved in the design, engineering and construction of swimming pools, spas, water features and outdoor living areas.

• Holds a Florida State Commercial Pool Contractors license
• Designated a Certified Building Professional (CBP) by the National Spa and Pool Institute (NSPI).
• Has served NSPI in various capacities since 1979 including President of Region VII (Florida)
• NSPI National Vice President, Region VII
• Inducted into the NSPI, Region VII “Hall of Fame” in 1994.
• Chaired the NSPI International Design Award Committee from 1997-1999.

Van Bower has won over 90 industry design awards. He and his work have been featured in many national periodicals, magazines and television shows including  -

• Bob Vila's Home Again television show
• Florida Home and Garden magazine
• CNN News
• Florida Lifestyles TV show
• NBC News
• PBS National Television “Spotlight on Safety”
• Homebuilding Digest show on Home & Garden Television
• Architectural Digest
• Florida Architecture
• Tycoon Magazine
• New York Times
• Wall Street Journal
• Miami Herald
• The Orlando Sentinel
• Millionaire Magazine
• Pool and Spa Living and Florida Design Magazine.
• Pool and Spa News
• Watershapes Magazine - regular column“Aqua Culture”
• Home Magazine's TV show
• Ambiance Piscines Magazine (France)
• Aqua Magazine (twice named to their Top 100 Companies list)
• SPLASH magazine (Australia)

Van Bower was named a 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001 Distinguished Builder in the Pool & Spa News Industry's Choice Awards and received their Masters of Design award in July 2004. His work was prominently featured in the tabletop book, “Dream Pools” by Deborah Dietsch in 2002.

Van Bower is known for his public speaking ability and as a popular seminar leader for many organizations and has given seminars around the country and abroad. In 1998 he was a speaker at the International Pool Show in Lyon, France. In 2000 he was the keynote speaker for the Pool Industry Show in Australia and a featured speaker for the SPLASH Pool Industry Conference in Bali, Indonesia in 2001. He is an accredited Continuing Education instructor for the State of Florida Construction Industry Licensing Board.