To help participants in the AMCA Certified Ratings Program communicate the program's benefits to members and the industry at large, AMCA developed a web tool called the AMCA fan energy waste calculator. This calculator estimates the wasted electricity resulting from a fan operating with higher energy consumption than expected, based on its manufacturer's rating data. The implication is that it is far less likely for such energy waste to occur if the fan is AMCA-certified.

This white paper, in addition to describing how and why the calculator was developed, documents underlying assumptions, sources of data and examples of the calculator's insights.