Energy management systems
In recent decades, businesses have focused on saving energy costs or costs related to energy consumption. Energy, which began to represent a significant cost in business, became a key aspect of management. Since energy has always been a resource necessary for production, it has become recognized as one of the main sources of costs, which deserves serious attention, like any other expensive resource. The developing concept of energy management involves the management of energy resources, like any other production resources, with the aim of reducing enterprise costs by improving energy efficiency and reducing the energy intensity of products or services.
Effective integration of energy management into the organization’s business practice creates conditions for continuous improvement of energy efficiency. By increasing energy efficiency and improving the Associated energy costs, organizations can become more competitive.
Implementation of the ISO 50001 standard (energy management ISO 50001) is possible for all organizations, regardless of their scale and type of activity. It can be implemented in the organization both separately and with other management systems, such as ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and others. The standard is based on common elements used in all ISO management system standards, which ensures a high level of compatibility with other management systems.
The purpose of the standard is to provide companies with a structured and complex guide to optimizing the process of energy consumption and system management of this process.
The ISO 50001 standard (ISO 50001 certificate) is designed to establish a generally accepted framework for organizations to integrate energy conservation into their management practices. Organizations around the world now have access to a single, agreed-upon standard for implementing it across all areas of activity, relying on a logical and sustainable methodology for identifying and implementing improvements. The standard is designed to achieve the following goals:
- help organizations make better use of their existing energy resources;;
- create transparency and promote communication on energy management issues;
- promote best energy management practices and strengthen good energy management practices to improve energy performance;
- support the capacity to evaluate and prioritize the introduction of new energy-saving technologies;
- provide a scheme for promoting rational use of energy throughout the organization, at production sites and branches of the organization;
- contribute to the improvement of energy management for the implementation of projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions;
- contribute to climate change mitigation by reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with improved energy performance;
- allow integration with other organizational management systems, such as environmental management, occupational safety and health management.
Benefits of implementation and certification:
An enterprise that has built and established a high-quality energy management system gets the opportunity to:
- improve the energy efficiency of the production cycle;
- implement effective energy saving measures in a timely manner;
- receive a return on these activities in the form of financial profit;
- improve your energy efficiency and market competitiveness;
- implement plans to improve the efficiency of energy saving by analyzing current energy consumption relative to the expected one;
- implement and apply various legislative, regulatory, contractual and other requirements and obligations in the daily activities of organizations;
- perform an important regulatory function in climate change;
- improve the organization’s operational reliability and capitalization;
- reduce the energy intensity of products or services..