What the ISO 50001 Energy Management Standard Covers

What Is the ISO 50001 Energy Management Standard?

ISO 50001 is the international energy management system standard published by the International Organization for Standardization and identified by the code ISO 50001. After a series of national and local standards such as BS EN 16001, ISO 50001 is the first global energy management standard.

ISO 50001 covers every type of energy. The purpose of the standard is to help organisations define, implement, and sustain the stages and the network of processes needed to improve their energy performance. The standard can be built, implemented, and certified in every registered company. It is set up to work in organisations of every type and size regardless of geographic, cultural, or social context. ISO 50001 encourages companies across the board to adopt good energy management practice, and that practice in turn reduces cost and documents environmental responsibility.

The ISO 50001 energy management system implementation will differ from company to company based on the operation, the documentation structure, the resources, and the requirements. ISO 50001 applies in every operation that has visible, manageable energy use.

Scope and Applicability in Practice

Typical certified operations include manufacturing plants, commercial buildings, logistics and data centres, and public institutions. The standard is built around a plan-do-check-act loop, so it integrates cleanly with ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001 for organisations that run an integrated management system. Sistem Patent Kalite can scope the project to either ISO 50001 alone or as an extension to an existing management system.