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Climate protection: EU sets particularly efficient circulating pumps as standard
Circulating pumps are present in every house, yet hardly anyone knows how much electricity they consume although they easily rank as one of a household’s biggest power consumers. The use of highly efficient circulating pumps saves energy and CO2, and can save consumers money as well. Therefore, on 22 July 2009, the EU Commission adopted certain minimum efficiency standards in circulating pumps. As of 2013 inefficient circulating pumps will disappear from the market in two phases, which will reduce power consumption in all EU households by 23 terrawatt hours per year (TWh/a) by 2020. This will prevent the emissions of some 11 million tonnes of harmful carbon dioxide. read more
