While attending the recent ASHRAE meetings in Chicago, I was reminded about the Department of Energy conservation standards for pumps that was adopted in March 28, 2016, with a full compliance date of January 21, 2020.
Although that seems like a far way off, I am taking this opportunity to remind you of the rule and its requirements and for some of you, make you aware of the new rule for maybe the first time.
The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA), as amended, sets forth a variety of provisions designed to improve energy efficiency. Part C of Title III establishes the ‘‘Energy Conservation Program for Certain Industrial Equipment.’’ In this final rule, the DOE adopted new energy conservation standards for pumps and determined “the new energy conservation standards for pumps would result in significant conservation of energy and are technologically feasible and economically justified.”