Efficient Pumps

At a Glance

Status

active

Fuel type

electric

Sector

agricultural, commercial, industrial

Applications

pumps

Sunset date

Apr 30, 2023

From 2013 to 2015 the RTF maintained an active, provisional standard protocol for pump variable frequency drives. This protocol was deactivated in May of 2015 due to limited applicability and limited regional interest. In February of 2016 the US Department of Energy created a new rule and test procedure for pump systems (including pump controls if sold together). The new test procedure is based on the Hydraulic Institute's test procedure, and is used to rate pump systems with a Pump Energy Index (PEI), which provides a simpler and more consistent means to compute pump energy savings. DOE will require all pumps to be labeled by 2020. In parallel to this effort ACEEE's Extended Motor Product Labeling Initiative (EMPLI) is working toward the voluntary labeling of pump systems (similar to the PEI) in the near term. These two efforts have driven interest in the creation of this measure, which estimates the energy savings for about 3500 different UES measures.

Workbook

Latest Version

Efficient Pumps v3.0

Efficient Pumps v3.0

Updated with 2021 Plan cost effectiveness methodology

Date

Apr 18, 2022

Version number

3.0

Past Versions

version	date	document
2.2	Sep 27, 2021	Efficient Pumps v2.2 Reran through ProCost 3.1.05 to correct for minor error
2.1	Jun 26, 2020	Efficient Pumps v2.1 QC complete.
2.0	Apr 21, 2020	Efficient Pumps v2.0 Adopted at the April 2020 RTF Meeting. Currently undergoing QC.
1.1	Jun 14, 2017	Commercial/Industrial/Agricultural Pumps v1.1 QC review complete.
1.0	Dec 19, 2016	ComIndAgPumps_1_0.xlsm Original savings workbook. Adopted at the December 6, 2016 RTF meeting. Currently undergoing QC.

Decisions

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Latest decision

Decision details

Decided

April 21, 2020

Approved Measure Changes

Decision Details

Approve updates to the Efficient Pumps USE measure as presented, including: keep ER metric in the measure identifiers, keep eligibility at 200 HP motors and less, direct CAT to update savings shapes to reflect shapes observed in research, keep the status as Active, Change the Category to Proven, set the sunset date to April 30, 2023.

Decided

December 17, 2019

Extend Sunset Date

Decision Details

Extend the sunset date for the following measures to June 2020:

Efficient Pumps UES
New Homes Standard Protocol
Multifamily Weatherization UES
School Weatherization UES

Decided

December 06, 2016

Approve New Measure

Decision Details

Approve the measure specifications, savings, costs, lifetime, and research strategy for the UES Measure: New Efficient Commercial and Industrial Pumps

Set the Category to “Planning”
Set the Status to “Active”
Set the sunset date to December 31, 2019

Decided

March 15, 2016

Allocate resources to measure development

Decision Details

Allocate resource to further scoping a web-enabled thermostat measure/impact evaluation guidance in parallel with residential behavior work. Allocate resource to participate in efficient pump system measure scoping discussions, and bring proposal to subcommittee when ready.

Efficient Pumps

About the RTF

Work Products

Subcommittees

Efficient Pumps v3.0

Approved Measure Changes

Extend Sunset Date

Approve New Measure

Allocate resources to measure development