ISO 50001: Energy Management

Improve energy performance and efficiency while reducing environmental impacts

Energy management and conservation is a fundamental area of focus across all sectors of industry, and with today’s rising energy prices and tough economic climate, businesses are looking for more ways to reduce energy costs while improving environmental performance.

Implementing an energy management system certified to ISO 50001 will help organizations to improve their energy performance, increase energy efficiency and reduce climate change impacts.

What is ISO 50001?

Published June 15, 2011, ISO 50001 will establish a framework for industrial plants, commercial facilities or entire organizations to manage energy.

The standard is targeted for broad applicability across any industry, and it is estimated that ISO 50001 could influence up to 60% of the world’s energy use.

ISO 50001 is based on common elements found in other ISO standards such as 9001 and 14001, assuring a high level of compatibility.

Benefits of ISO 50001 certification

ISO 50001 certification creates an internationally recognized framework for integrating energy efficiency into management and manufacturing practices throughout your organization and supply chain.

In addition, ISO 50001 certification enables:

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  Better use of existing energy-consuming assets


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  Benchmarking, measuring, documenting, and reporting energy intensity improvements and their projected impact on reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions


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  Transparency and communication of energy resource management


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  Energy management best practices and good energy management behaviors


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  Evaluating and prioritizing the implementation of new energy-efficient technologies


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  A framework for promoting energy efficiency throughout the supply chain


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  Energy management improvements in the context of GHG emission reduction projects
  
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ISO 50001, The New Standard for Energy Management

ISO 50001:2011 applies the proven Plan-Do-Check-Act management approach to drive continuous energy savings in an organization's operations. The document specifies requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining and improving an energy management system, whose purpose is to enable an organization to follow a systematic approach in achieving continual improvement of energy performance, including energy efficiency, energy use and consumption.

ISO 50001 is being released mid June and it is expected that many organizations around the World will implement and attain certification to improve their bottom lines and demonstrate a clear competitive advantage to their customers. ISO 50001 also serves as a means of improving an organization's environmental performance, raising operational efficiencies and greening their brand.

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ISO launches development of future standard on energy management

The first meeting of ISO’s new project committee PC 242 which is to develop an International Standard on energy management was held on 8-10 September in Washington, DC, USA.

The future ISO 50001 will establish a framework for industrial plants, commercial facilities or entire organizations to manage energy. Targetting broad applicability across national economic sectors, the standard could influence up to 60 % of the world’s energy use.

The meeting was attended by delegates from the ISO national member bodies of 25 countries from all regions of the world, as well as representation from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), which has liaison status with PC 242. All the participating countries have existing activities on energy management and have a strong interest in also developing a harmonized solution at the international level.

As part of the proceedings, delegates described their various initiatives in detail. For example, a presentation was given by UNIDO on the preparatory work the organization has carried out to support the ISO process by researching energy management needs in developing countries.

This gave PC 242 an insight into the different policies and situations around the world which need to be taken into account in the development of a globally relevant International Standard for energy management.

Excellent progress was made in the technical discussions and a first working draft has already been created. A major point of discussion is the need to ensure compatibility with the existing suite of ISO management system standards. The committee therefore took the key decision to base the draft on the common elements found in all of ISO’s management system standards.

This will ensure maximum compatibility with key standards such as ISO 9001 for quality management and ISO 14001 for environmental management.

The project committee is fully committed to an ambitious schedule and aims to have ISO 50001 ready for publication by the end of 2010.

ISO Secretary-General Alan Bryden commented: "This first meeting of PC 242 marks the launch of a new global approach to systematically address energy performance in organizations – pragmatically addressing energy efficiency and related climate change impacts. It is fully in line with and supportive of the global mobilization on these major challenges, and with the IEA-ISO position paper on the contribution of International Standards."

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