Electric Motor MEPS Guide

       

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• Motor MEPS Guide (617)

Mandatory Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) are now being proposed for Electric Motors. To assist that process, this guide has been put forward under the IEA 4E - Electric Motor Systems Annex Project.

The purpose of the guide is to inform on new standards for electric motors that will facilitate trade of high efficient motors across the globe.

Roughly 30 million new electric motors are sold each year for industrial purposes. Some 300 million motors are in use in industry, infrastructure and large buildings. These electric motors are responsible for 40% of global electricity used to drive pumps, fans, compressors and other mechanical traction equipment. Motor technology has evolved over the last  few decades. Superior so-called "premium" products are now available, ready to change the market toward energy efficiency and to contribute in lowering greenhouse gas emissions worldwide.

The hope is that this guide will help engineers, motor users and manufacturers and also regulators to use the transition period between old and new standards intensively. The guide follows a sequence of steps to be taken to define the product, the classification, the test methods and labels. Only then can national regulators step in and set MEPS and identify testing labs, monitor compliance and set the necessary timeline for enactment.

This guide could eventually help to speed up the process of implementation of the new standards and to harvest the large benefits from energy efficiency improvement through MEPS more rapidly and more effectively.

Courtesy of the group of experts:  Anibal de Almeida, Rob Boteler, Conrad Brunner, Martin Doppelbauer, William Hoy.