VANCOUVER - The Vancouver park board is again installing windbreaks at two of the city’s most popular outdoor pools.

The windbreaks were first installed last year to prevent heat loss at Kitsilano and Second Beach pools and to protect swimmers from prevailing winds.

Crews will be installing the windbreaks, which the board estimates saved $44,000 in natural gas consumption last year, Thursday morning at Kits pool.

At Kits, Vancouver’s only salt water pool, the height of the north side fence has been extended and a transparent windscreen will be installed on the north side, along with a temporary overnight windscreen on the east side, the board said.

At Second Beach pool, a transparent windscreen will be installed on the west side fence.

Most of the city’s outdoor pools opened last weekend and will close after the Labour Day weekend. Maple Grove Pool, an outdoor pool in Kerrisdale, opens June 20.

ticrawford@vancouversun.com