Can ‘power hog’ sizzling tubs be made greener?

Some individuals give Severin Borenstein a tough time for having a sizzling tub.

“Usually the criticism of proudly owning a sizzling tub is it’s a profligate use of power,” he says.

The primary cause for such excessive power utilization is the heating, which typically runs even on days when the recent tub isn’t getting used, to maintain the water from overcooling.

As a result of Prof Borenstein researches power economics on the Haas College of Enterprise, on the College of California, Berkeley, he was capable of drill down into the…