Thank you for joining Holaday-Parks and our event partners for this CMAA Evergreen Chapter session on “Dirty Power” at Overlake Golf & Country Club on April 21st, 2026. We hope you found the session educational and inspiring as you learned about how hidden power quality issues can affect equipment lifespan, comfort, energy use, and cost predictability in any commercial facility.

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INSIDE THIS EDUCATION SESSION

    • What “Dirty Power” is

    • Common causes

    • Why it matters and how it impacts your clubs

    • Mitigation strategies

    • Costs vs. Benefits

    • Key Takeaways

    • Every building experiences “Dirty Power” and the majority of transients are generated INSIDE your facility.

    • Poor power quality can show up as nuisance resets, premature equipment failure, downtime, reprogramming, and higher operating costs.

    • Your sensitive building equipment like VFDs, PLCs, controls, HVAC equipment, lighting, fore/security systems, and electronics are vulnerable to degradation and failure from repeated transients—risking your member experience and revenue stream in many ways.

    • Traditional surge supression helps with larger surge events, but it does not fully address smaller, internally generated transients.

    • Planned and budgeted mitigation can pay for itself by saving against reactive and costly repair or replacement—or worse loss of membership revenue.

    • Holaday-Parks and their partners like Total Protection Services, help building owners/managers investigate, monitor, and protect from power quality issues.

    • HVAC Equipment

    • VFDs / Drives

    • Building Automation / Controls

    • Lighting Systems

    • Fire / Security Systems

    • Kitchen Equipment

    • Electronics

    • EV Chargers

    • And more…

  • Electrical Service

    Electrical Maintenance Programs

    Thermography

    Surge Protection & Power Quality

    Building Automation Services & Controls

    And more…

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HOW DIRTY POWER CAN AFFECT YOUR MEMBER EXPERIENCE AND RISK YOUR KEY REVENUE STREAM

CASE STUDY 1

Racquet Club Humidity Control

‍It is a busy afternoon, and the pool room starts to feel heavy and sticky. The air does not feel right, the windows begin to fog, the deck feels damp, and members start noticing a stronger chemical smell. Staff may first think it is just a humid day, but the bigger problem shows up in comfort complaints, locker room frustration, and a growing sense that the building is not keeping up.‍ ‍

CASE STUDY 2

Golf & Country Club Banquet Night

A wedding, fundraiser, or member dinner is underway. The room is full, the lights are on, the A/V is running, the kitchen is active, and point-of-sale systems are being used nonstop. Then the banquet room starts getting warm fast. Guests get uncomfortable, staff begin apologizing, and the event starts to feel disorganized even if no one can point to one obvious cause. In real time, it looks like an HVAC problem, but to the guest it feels like the club dropped the ball.

CASE STUDY 3

It is a high-traffic marina weekend. Boats are plugged into shore power, the docks are active, the clubhouse is open, and systems are all working at once. Then members start noticing odd behavior: a pedestal trips, dock lighting flickers, refrigeration or office systems act strangely, or security and access systems do not respond the way they should. No single failure may seem huge at first, but the tension rises quickly because members are thinking about boat safety, food service, and whether the club can keep things running when it matters most.

Yacht Club Shore Power Critical Loads