Optimizing unitary pumping solutions

The ability to specify a minimal number of pumps for all of the applications found in a facility. [...]unitary pumping solutions provide the value of energy optimization to the end user. Carrying the 50% cost-premium assumption and knowing that the energy-consumption cost for the market standard and...

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Published inConsulting - Specifying Engineer Vol. 54; no. 1; pp. 52 - 57
Main Author Putnam, Stephen
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Denver CFE Media 01.01.2017
Subjects
Contractors
Cost control
End users
Energy consumption
Engineers
HVAC
Load
Logic
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Summary:The ability to specify a minimal number of pumps for all of the applications found in a facility. [...]unitary pumping solutions provide the value of energy optimization to the end user. Carrying the 50% cost-premium assumption and knowing that the energy-consumption cost for the market standard and the unitary pumping solution is $129.54 and $48.70, respectively, reasonable end user questions are: * Assuming a first 15 years of operation, what is the cost of ownership for each? * What is the break-even point for the two technologies? * Over the first 15 years of operation, what is the cost-benefit of the unitary pumping solution as compared with the market standard? To paint the most accurate picture of the true cost of ownership for a pump versus a unitary pumping solution, maintenance costs and possible utility incentives must be taken into account. [...]the maintenance cost factor would apply to the traditional market-standard pump but not to the unitary pumping solution.
ISSN:0892-5046
1558-2876