At the 2008 Hydraulic Institute Annual Meeting, an extraordinary panel of end-users of pumping systems led by Douglas Kaempf, Program Manager, Industrial Technologies Program, Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), presented on the topic of The Push for Energy Efficiency in Pumping Systems.  Hydraulic Institute (HI) and Pump Systems Matter (PSM) continue to expand the knowledge base of their websites by making these educational presentations available at www.Pumps.org and www.PumpSystemsMatter.org.

Each of the presentations highlights methods and case studies for reducing pump system energy costs, while increasing energy efficiency. In his 20-minute presentation titled “The Push for Energy Efficiency in Pumping Systems” Douglas Kaempf speaks extensively about the DOE’s effort to help American businesses reduce industrial energy intensity 25% by 2017. This includes detailing the synergy between energy, the environment and U.S. competitiveness, as well as the necessity to treat energy “as any other natural resource.” Other presentations by several leading industry experts are being offered by HI and PSM, such as Rex Noble, Engineering Supervisor at FPL Services LLC, who discusses Variable Speed Pumping for a District Cooling System, reveals the organization’s press release.