Pumpset manufacturers will have to meet a revised set of guidelines starting January 1 to get energy efficiency star rating for their products but there is a delay in getting the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) approval for the applications submitted, according to manufacturers here.
The manufacturers, including those making star-rated pumpsets, will have to get the entire range of products tested at an independent laboratory, get the results approved by the Bureau of Indian Standards and apply to the BEE for star-rating approval. The BEE had announced the new standards a couple of months ago. Even in pumpset-making hubs such as Coimbatore, Ahmedabad, and Rajkot, most manufacturers are yet to get BEE approvals, they said.
