ISO 50001 Energy Management Systems Standard (Part 1)

The #ISO50001 #Energy #Management #Systems #Standard is an internationally recognized voluntary standard that gives organizations a structured framework to manage energy.

Organizations implementing ISO 50001 have reduced energy costs and increased competitiveness while minimizing #greenhouse gas (#GHG) #emissions and other #environmental impacts. For example, Canadian industrial companies implementing ISO 50001 have achieved an average cumulative energy performance improvement of nearly 10% within the first two years. 1?This has resulted in?up to $2 million in annual energy cost savings?for large Canadian companies. 2

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About ISO 50001

ISO 50001 integrates energy efficiency into management practices to increase awareness of energy use, reinforce good energy management behaviours and make better use of existing energy-consuming assets and processes. It also helps organizations to evaluate and prioritize the implementation of new energy-efficient technologies.

The ISO 50001 standard has elements in common with all?ISO management systems standards. That makes it compatible with ISO 9001 (quality management) and ISO 14001 (environmental management). The standard is compatible with other performance improvement approaches and energy management systems (Superior Energy Performance, Lean, Theory of Constraints, Six Sigma, 5S, etc.).

The published ISO 50001 standard requires an organization to

• conduct an energy review (analyze energy data, identify areas of significant energy use and identify areas for energy performance improvement)
• establish an energy baseline
• establish energy objectives and targets that are measurable and have timelines for achievement
• establish an action plan to achieve energy objectives and targets
• implement the action plan
• check performance
• monitor, document and report all the above

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See which facilities in Canada are ISO 50001 certified.

Alphabetical list of ISO 50001-certified organizations

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