Concerns regarding the amount of energy that is consumed – and potentially wasted – by industrial facilities in the United States officially reached the highest levels of the federal government on Aug. 30, 2012, when Pres. Barack Obama signed an Executive Order titled “Accelerating Investment in Industrial Energy Efficiency.”
Noting that “the industrial sector accounts for (more than) 30 percent of all energy consumed in the United States,” the Executive Order describes ways that increased industrial energy efficiency can provide benefits to manufacturers, utilities and consumers while, at the same time, improving the nation’s energy system, along with American manufacturing competitiveness and job creation.
The Executive Order acknowledges what the operators and managers of industrial manufacturing facilities have known for more than a decade: the modern-day definition of a successful industrial manufacturing operation is not one that only satisfactorily meets production quotas.
Indeed, as utility costs have steadily risen and increasing environmental consciousness has moved front of mind, a successful industrial operation is now one that delivers the required production rates in the most cost- and energy efficient, as well as environmentally friendly manner.
Pumps, which are the second-most widely used machines in the world, play a critical role in industrial operations around the globe and across a wide array of industries –from chemical production and mining to water/wastewater treatment and hygienic applications. In fact, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), pumping systems account for anywhere between 27% and 33% of the total electricity used and consumed in the industrial sector.
Recognizing the importance of pumping systems in industrial applications, The Hydraulic Institute has commissioned the writing of Optimizing Pumping Systems: A Guide for Improved Energy Efficiency, Reliability & Profitability, which provides instruction on how facility operators can recognize inefficient energy usage in their operations and the steps they can take to remove these inefficiencies…
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