ISO 50001 and Strategic Energy Management (SEM)

  • Plan, Do, Check and Act for Energy use by the business

  • Management system for large commercial and industrial facilities working toward Net Zero targets. The implementation makes an organization-wide impact on how energy is used in a day-to-day business.

SEM

Strategic energy management (SEM) is a comprehensive approach to aligning energy efficiency with business practices and goals to achieve long-term benefits. Instead of managing energy saving projects one by one, SEM gives you the tools to manage energy in a coordinated and strategic way across your organization—helping your business increase profitability, create a competitive advantage, and achieve greater resiliency.

 

ISO 50001 - Energy Management

DEVELOPING AN ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

ISO 50001 is based on the management system model of continual improvement also used for other well-known standards such as ISO 9001 or ISO 14001. This makes it easier for organizations to integrate energy management into their overall efforts to improve quality and environmental management.

ISO 50001 provides a framework of requirements for organizations to:

  • Develop a policy for more efficient use of energy

  • Fix targets and objectives to meet the policy

  • Use data to better understand and make decisions about energy use

  • Measure the results

  • Review how well the policy works, and

  • Continually improve energy management