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[Shortpoet-GTD]

The Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act (a low hanging fruit; a term
we used to hear all the time; but hardly ever hear anymore) was first introduced in 2011-
then again in April of 2013, and again in July, 2013.
(Pdf files-more than one-are in link.)

Among other things, it strengthens the building codes, calls for training workers in
installations and helps private investors work with the system.

It could save $13+ billion, create over 145,000 new jobs and stop emissions
equal to 80 million metric tons; so of course, over the months, it gets reintroduced
and rejected or ignored.

Dysfunction at it's worst.

Full list of activity of this bill on link.

[Besoeker]

A link related to energy efficiency in a major UK supermarket chain:

http://www.energyliv...-in-tea-leaves/

[Besoeker]

Phil, on 07 October 2013 - 08:15 AM, said:

If money is saved business will do it without government aid.

Quite agree.
Much of our business for decades came from the water industry and other industrial processes involving fans and pumps.
Reduce the speed of them by 20% and the power required, thus energy consumed drops almost to half.
In one plant, the reduction in energy for one of the process fans is about 25,000kWh per day for a 20% turn down. And that's a fairly common operating point. The other of the same rating usually operates at about a 10% turn down.so a mere 14,000kWh per day.

The cost of the kit isn't cheap but payback period is relatively short. About three years in that case. And the kit went in around 1992.

I think the business case has been made.........