Eco-Friendly Fountains: Good for the Environment

Eco-Friendly Fountains: Good for the EnvironmentEco-Friendly Fountains: Good Environment 932285963030.jpg Do you want to make your home just a little more stunning? Solar water features might be the answer - they are a perfect add-on to any home because they embellish the design and raise the price of your home. You get all the advantages of an electric fountain, as well as other monetary benefits and an overall betterment to your health. Even though there may be a greater expense at the beginning, the long-term investment will make it worthwhile. Despite periodic power shortages, your fountain will not be affected because it does not run on electricity.

Running water fountains means that your use of electricity will go up and thus your monthly bill. Keep in mind that while you may not see any rewards right away, your home will be worth more further down the road.

The issue with using more electricity is not solely about our electric bills, the effect on the environment is considerable. Solar powered water fountains are fueled straight from the sun thus making them the ideal “green” fountain. The use of solar energy to heat or cool your home is much better for our environment.

This type of fountain needs less maintenance than others. Since solar fountains don't have motors, they don't get clogged which leads to little cleaning. And less cleaning means more time to enjoy yourself!

The Original Water Fountain Artists

Original Water Fountain Artists 083632408.jpg The Original Water Fountain Artists Fountain designers were multi-talented people from the 16th to the late 18th century, often working as architects, sculptors, artists, engineers and highly educated scholars all in one person. Leonardo da Vinci, a Renaissance artist, was celebrated as a inventive intellect, inventor and scientific virtuoso. He carefully recorded his findings in his currently recognized notebooks, following his enormous curiosity in the forces of nature inspired him to explore the characteristics and motion of water. Brilliant water displays packed of symbolic significance and all-natural grace changed private villa settings when early Italian fountain designers coupled creativity with hydraulic and gardening skill. The brilliance in Tivoli were developed by the humanist Pirro Ligorio, who was widely known for his capabilities in archeology, architecture and garden design. For the various mansions in the vicinity of Florence, other water fountain designers were well versed in humanist topics as well as ancient scientific texts, masterminding the excellent water marbles, water features and water jokes.
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