ISO 50001 Energy & Management System

1. ISO 50001 Energy Management
System Certification
John Ryan
Director – Certification Europe

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Context
What is ISO 50001?
What us certifiers look for?
How can ISO 50001 add value to a business?
Questions?

3. Certification Europe
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that their operations meet best practice (via the
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4. 1. ISO 50001
• Published in 2011 by the International Organisation for
Standardisation (ISO)
• Precursors exist at national and European level (e.g. EN
16001)
• Purpose is to enable improvement in energy
performance (measurable results related to efficiency,
use and consumption)
• Requires a good understanding of the variables affecting
energy use and a set of integrated process/systems to
manage and improve such use

5. ISO 50001 – an overview

6. 1. ISO 50001
• Summary of the requirements
» Be smart - gain a good understanding of the variables
affecting energy use in your organisation (design, process,
people, weather etc.)
» Be smart - use fact based data to establish relevant
performance indicators and challenge them for relevance
» Be smart - communicate to relevant stakeholders (staff,
management, contractors, customers) to effect control
» Measure - performance and correct where necessary
» Record - maintain key records to support operation and
improvement
» Retain – maintain savings into project delivery

7. 1. ISO 50001
• Summary of the requirements
» Decide what you need to manage - establish the scope,
boundary and policy
» Establish where you are currently at - conduct an energy
review to establish use patterns, variables and influencers,
areas of significance energy use and establish a baseline of
current energy performance
» Establish the relevant measures to track improvement establish performance indicators, improvement objectives
and actions plans with verification methods
» Get help - communicate, train and document – design
requirements, procurement arrangements, methods and
processes

8. 2. ISO 50001 certification
• What do we look for?
• Stage 1
» Have you conducted a detailed energy review - identified
and recorded your energy use patterns, variables and
influencers, areas of significance energy use and
established a baseline of current energy performance
» Have you started to track improvement - performance
indicators, improvement objectives and actions plans with
verification methods
» Have you support and resources from top management to
achieve a performance improvement?
» Relevant processes defined and documented

9. 2. ISO 50001 certification
• What do we look for?
• Stage 2
» What level of improvement is being achieve and verified in
line with stated policy and objectives?
» How do the design and procurement processes (for
energy) tie into day to day business?
» Is the agreed level of communication and understanding
amongst key staff (internal and external) present?
» What is the level of management oversight and decision
making ?
» How effective are operational and maintenance
programmes?
» Does the management system deliver?

10. 3. Benefits of ISO 50001
• It saves you energy
» 5% - 37%
• It saves you money
» £25,000 - £ 500,000
• It helps you reduce Carbon Footprint
• It increases Credibility as regards “greening”
• It help meets Shareholder Requirements

11. 3. Non energy benefits ISO 50001
• Better operational efficiencies
• Increased cooperation between departments
• Improved communication between departments
• Improved organisational behaviour
• Maintains legal compliance

12. 3. Its application* to date

13. 3. Its application* to date

14. 3. Its application* to date

15. Where next?
• ISO 50001 supersedes national schemes and
standards
• ISO is also developing support standards:
» ISO 50002: Energy Audits
» ISO 50004: Energy management systems — Guidance for the
implementation, maintenance and improvement of an energy management
system
» Measurement and Verification
» Baseline Determination

16. Where next?
• ISO 50001 is being deployed across a wider
sectoral range:
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Education (Uni’s)
IT (data centres; ops centres)
Government (military bases and ops centres)
Consulting organisations (buildings)
Energy generation (power/fuel suppliers)

17. Where next?
• The future???:
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Supply chain requirement
Corporate compliance requirement
Government requirement to offset C-tax
Rebate tool to achieve regulatory compliance
Etc
Etc

18. Questions?
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