PSM Newsletter, Blogs, Energy Efficiency | September 27, 2022
Energy organizations and utilities are learning how to leverage DOE regulations, pump efficiency labels, and utility programs to speed the adoption of high-efficiency pumps.
Blogs, Energy Efficiency, Technical, PSM Newsletter | September 27, 2022
System design engineers typically “round up” system capacity and losses to leave room for everything from changes during construction and potential facility expansions to fluid viscosity changes and the gradual roughening of pipe surfaces over time. As a result, pumps in the field often run at higher pressures and flowrates than their application requires.
Blogs, Energy Efficiency, Training | September 2, 2022
Pump systems play a critical role in keeping our world in motion. However, opportunities to improve pump system reliability and efficiency often go unnoticed when current demands are not verified or new demands are not considered prior to selecting a new pump.
Blogs, Energy Efficiency | June 27, 2022
The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) is a leading independent, non-profit energy R&D organization focused on electricity generation, delivery, and use. Its technology portfolios range from sustainability and decarbonization to nuclear power and smart grid technologies—and pumps.
Energy Efficiency, Blogs | May 13, 2022
While reliability has long been the larger focus of pump optimization, minimizing energy usage is becoming an increasingly important consideration in how we see and plan the optimization of pump systems.
Blogs, Energy Efficiency, PSM Newsletter | December 14, 2021
Utilities have long offered incentives for large municipal and industrial pumps. In the Northwest, an alliance of utilities and energy organizations is making the case for smaller pumps for commercial applications.
Blogs, Energy Efficiency, PSM Newsletter | September 23, 2021
The Hydraulic Institute’s Energy Rating Program has expanded to include efficient circulator pumps. These ratings provide test data from third party audited labs that make pump energy cost savings credible and easier to assess.
Blogs, Energy Efficiency | September 2, 2021
Utility savings generated by pumps have the ability to fuel smarter and more cost-efficient manufacturing processes.
Blogs, Energy Efficiency, PSM Newsletter | March 31, 2021
In this interview, Howard Merson, senior manager of trade ally strategy and management, and Kyle Coumas, senior trade ally manager, at Energy Solutions, an employee-owned, mission-driven implementer. The two discuss how incentive programs work and how they could change the way we sell high-efficiency pumps.
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