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http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/30/europe-addresses-inefficient-water-pumps/

Green Inc. - Energy, the Environment and the Bottom Line
March 30, 2009, 5:50 am

Europe Addresses Inefficient Water Pumps
By James Kanter

Pumps like this one, made by the European company Wilo, are more efficient than their predecessors. European efficiency requirements will soon make these mandatory.

Earlier this month, the European Commission set dates consigning the incandescent light bulb to the dustbin of history.

Late last week, governments and energy mavens in Brussels took aim at another last-century technology: wasteful water circulators.

These circulators pump water warmed by boilers to radiators in our homes and offices. European Union officials say most circulators use too much electricity, causing unnecessary damage to the climate.

Most of the 140 million circulators in use today in Europe keep pumping water whether or not it is needed, according to the commission. Up to 20 percent of average household energy bills pay for electricity to run these inefficient circulators, it says.

A new regulation – part of the commission’s so-called eco-design campaign – would allow only very high-efficiency, “intelligent” circulators by 2015. These units function only when needed and can adjust speed.

The regulation also would require standard circulators to be removed from the E.U. market by 2013.

Approval of such eco-design directives in Europe is proving extremely complicated, typically involving a so-called framework law, a regulatory committee and additional scrutiny by the European Parliament and E.U. governments.

And intense industry lobbying has caused hold-ups in the introduction of new rules on the energy efficiency of consumer mass market goods like refrigerators.

But Andris Piebalgs, the E.U. energy commissioner, said the importance of incremental measures should not be underestimated.

Retooling the way heating systems work would “result very quickly in significant energy savings and benefits for the society and industry,” Mr. Piebalgs said, adding that the regulation could create 7,000 jobs and save the equivalent of the annual energy consumption of Ireland.

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Nice to see the NY Times reporting on our industry!

Derheatmeister

NY Times catching up to the Times..

Thats about time and great!
By the way: Some of this "new" technology is a couple decades old!

Now if some of the Engineers/Installers can please take note of that. Circs and Pumps do use lots of Energy and can reduce the overall system efficiency...

Wilo just introduced the new Miniaturpumpe (Minipump) at the ISH, it is about the size of a small Zonevalve(Caleffi) and has a very low power consumption(Couple Watts)and a very nice T stat and upgradable server..not for the US jet!

This concept is not new but pretty cool

We need to make baby steps first and use the Ecos/Stratos, they are Great!

Thanks for the "Green" Post.