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Readiness for ISO 50001 — Energy Management

Assess how close your business is to the requirements of ISO 50001:2018.

25 questions · ~6 min

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How to answer

Choose “Yes” only when the requirement is applied in practice and there is documentation or records. “Partly” means it is done informally or not everywhere.

4 Context of the organization

4.1 Have you recorded the internal and external issues (e.g. market, competition, technology, legislation) that affect your energy management system?

4.2 Have you identified the interested parties (customers, employees, authorities, suppliers, etc.) and their requirements?

4.3–4.4 Has the scope of your energy management system been defined in writing (activities, sites, any exclusions), and have the main processes been mapped?

5 Leadership

5.1 Is top management actively involved in the energy management system, providing resources and building it into business decisions?

5.2 Is there an approved energy policy that suits the business, has been communicated to staff and is available to those who need it?

5.3 Have roles, responsibilities and authorities for the system been defined and communicated?

5.3 Has an energy management team been appointed with clear responsibilities?

6 Planning

6.1 Have you assessed the risks and opportunities related to your energy management system and planned actions to address them?

6.3 Has an energy review been carried out: analysis of consumption by source, and identification of significant energy uses (SEUs) and improvement opportunities?

6.4–6.5 Have you set energy performance indicators (EnPIs) and an energy baseline (EnB), normalised where needed?

6.6 Is there a plan for collecting energy data (what is measured, how and how often)?

6.2 Are there measurable energy objectives with owners, resources, a timeline and a way of monitoring them?

7 Support

7.1–7.2 Have you defined the competence required for each relevant role, and do you keep records of training, experience or qualifications?

7.3–7.4 Are staff aware of the energy policy and of their contribution to the system, and is there a defined way of communicating internally and externally?

7.5 Are the system's documents and records controlled (approval, versions, distribution, storage, retention)?

8 Operation

8.1 Are there operating and maintenance criteria for the significant energy uses, known to the staff concerned?

8.2 Are opportunities to improve energy performance considered in the design of new or modified facilities and processes?

8.3 Is energy performance a criterion when purchasing equipment, energy and services?

9 Performance evaluation

9.1 Do you monitor, measure and analyse indicators of energy performance and evaluate the results?

9.1 Do you verify the improvement in energy performance through the EnPIs, compared with the baseline?

9.1.2 Do you evaluate compliance with legal requirements on energy (e.g. mandatory energy audits)?

9.2 Is there an internal audit programme, and has at least one full internal audit of the system been completed by a competent person?

9.3 Has a management review of the system been held and recorded, with decisions and actions?

10 Improvement

10 Are nonconformities recorded, their causes analysed, and corrective actions taken and checked for effectiveness?

10 Are there documented examples of continual improvement of the system?

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