The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (NEEA) Drive Power Initiative (DPI) (via the Green Motor Initiative (GMI)1 and the Green Motors Practices Group (GMPG)2) encouraged adoption of green motor rewind practices by Northwest motor service centers between 1999 and 2004. The GMPG has continued to promote these practices actively. Green rewind practices are rigorous and include motor testing. When motor service centers use these practices in commercial and industrial motor rewinds, the energy efficiency of these motors is maintained or improved; this is often not the case with standard motor rewinds.
