A welder attaches framing for an awning to the wall at the Carbondale pool currently under construction and scheduled to open in spring 2026. Jason Charme/Aspen Daily News

Early next year, the Carbondale Aquatic Center will open, fully powered by renewable energy.

The new aquatic center will replace the town of Carbondale’s 40-year-old pool with three new pools, a bathhouse and community gathering spaces. The new pools — a lap pool, an entertainment pool and a spa — will be the first pool in the region powered by 100% renewable energy.

“We had to really do some pretty serious research into how do we do it,” said Carbondale Parks and Recreation Director Eric Brendlinger. “That’s an outdoor pool in Colorado, in the mountains, on the Western Slope. How is there technology that exists th

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