The Benefits of Photovoltaic Wall fountains

Indoor wall fountains are a superb option to cool your home as well as to provide an eye-catching addition to your surroundings. Applying the same methods used in air conditioners and swamp coolers, they are a great alternative to cool your home. You can reduce your power bill since they consume less energy.

One way to produce a cooling effect is to fan fresh, dry air across them. Either your ceiling fan or air from a corner of the room can be used to improve circulation. Regardless of the technique you use, be certain the air is flowing over the top of the water in a consistent manner. It is normal for fountains and waterfalls to produce cool, fresh air. The sudden chill we feel is normal when we come near a big public fountain or a waterfall. Be sure to situate your fountain cooling system where it will not be exposed to extra heat. Your fountain will be less efficient if you situate it in the sunlight.

Modern Garden Decor: Large Outdoor Water Fountains and their Beginnings

From the onset, outdoor fountains were simply meant to serve as functional elements. Water fountains were linked to a spring or aqueduct to supply potable water as well as bathing water for cities, townships and villages. Used until the nineteenth century, in order for fountains to flow or shoot up into the air, their source of water such as reservoirs or aqueducts, had to be higher than the water fountain in order to benefit from gravity. Fountains were not only used as a water source for drinking water, but also to decorate homes and celebrate the artist who created it. Roman fountains usually depicted imagery of animals or heroes made of bronze or stone masks. During the Middle Ages, Muslim and Moorish garden designers included fountains in their designs to re-create the gardens of paradise. The fountains found in the Gardens of Versailles were intended to show the power over nature held by King Louis XIV of France. To mark the entrance of the restored Roman aqueducts, the Popes of the 17th and 18th centuries commissioned the building of baroque style fountains in the spot where the aqueducts arrived in the city of Rome

Indoor plumbing became the main source of water by the end of the 19th century thereby restricting urban fountains to mere decorative elements. Gravity was replaced by mechanical pumps in order to permit fountains to bring in clean water and allow for beautiful water displays.

Modern-day fountains function mostly as decoration for public spaces, to honor individuals or events, and compliment entertainment and recreational events.