This document discusses ISO 50001 Energy Management System Certification. It provides an overview of ISO 50001, which was published in 2011 by the International Organization for Standardization to enable organizations to improve their energy performance through measurable results related to energy efficiency, use, and consumption. Certifiers look to see if organizations have conducted an energy review, established performance indicators and improvement objectives, and gained management support. Certification can help organizations save energy and money, reduce their carbon footprint, and improve operational efficiencies.

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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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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