ISO 50001

ISO 50001:2011 is the official International Standard organisation's, ISO, standard that specifies requirements for an organization to establish, implement, maintain, and improve an energy management system, which enables an organisation to take a systematic approach in order to achieve continual improvement of energy performance, energy efficiency, and energy conservation.

The objectives of the ISO 50001 energy management system is to address the issues of:

1. energy supply
2. documentation
3. measurement of consumption
4. reporting of energy use
5. procurement of energy-using equipment
6. design practices of energy-using systems
7. engineering of management processes

The standard does not define or state specific performance criteria that should be achieved with respect to energy use and consumption but applies to all aspects of operation and management affecting energy use that can be monitored and influenced by an organisation.

This standard for has been designed to be used as an independent energy management systems standard it can be integrated or aligned with any other management systems, such as ISO 140001 and ISO 9001.

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