ISO 50001 - Energy Management Standard
The ISO 50001 standard can help your business improve its business processes, use resources more efficiently and save money by cutting your energy consumption and carbon emissions. The standard is suitable for all businesses in the private and public sector from sole traders to multinational organisations.
Objectives:
ISO 50001:2018 is the latest standard for implementing a robust energy management system. It establishes an international framework for industrial plants or entire companies to manage all aspects of energy including procurement and use.
Iso 50001 was revised in 2018 for many reasons;
Aims of ISO 50001:
How does ISO 50001 work?
Benefits of implementing an energy management system:
Becoming ISO 50001 certified –
Objectives:
- Provide background knowledge of ISO 50001
- Gain an overview of ISO 50001 Structure
- Understand the ISO 50001 certification process
- Learn useful tips on handling an audit session
ISO 50001:2018 is the latest standard for implementing a robust energy management system. It establishes an international framework for industrial plants or entire companies to manage all aspects of energy including procurement and use.
Iso 50001 was revised in 2018 for many reasons;
- To ensure that the standard is up to date with market requirements.
- To align with ISO’s high level structure for management system standards.
- To place greater emphasis on the role of senior management.
- To update terms and definitions.
- To provide clarification of energy performance indicator and energy baseline text.
Aims of ISO 50001:
- Assist organizations in making better use of their existing energy-consuming assets.
- Promote energy management best practices and reinforce good energy management behaviours
- Provide a framework for promoting energy efficiency throughout the supply chain
- Facilitate energy management improvements for greenhouse gas emission reduction projects
How does ISO 50001 work?
- Identifies what requirements you must meet
- Does not identify how you meet requirements
- Every energy management system is unique
- Allows for flexibility
- Allows management to ‘stay in the driving seat’
Benefits of implementing an energy management system:
- Leverages existing management systems
- Leverages existing continual improvement processes
- Develops a baseline of energy use
- Actively manages energy use and costs
- Reduce emissions without a negative impact on operations
- Continual improvement of energy use
Becoming ISO 50001 certified –
- The certification body examines the energy management system for conformity to the ISO 50001 standard.
- The ISO 50001 audit is a compliance audit
- Certification means the organisation has a documented energy management system that is fully implemented and meets ISO 50001 requirements.
