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The Auditors Are Getting Stricter
In the future, companies will find it more difficult to obtain their energy management system certification per the ISO 50001 standard. As of October 2017, they must verify a measurable increase in energy efficiency for the first time, or the certificate will not be granted.
The ISO 50000 standard series set increased requirements for energy management systems. To meet them, companies must develop a suitable measurement concept with which key figures can be defined astutely and proactively. Together we keep your energy management system up to date and take the next step to efficiency with you.
These are our topics:
- New Standards for Energy Management
- Longer Auditing Times, Deeper Scrutiny
- WAGO Supports You in Implementing the Standards
- Technology, Just as You Need It
New Standards for Energy Management
Numerous major companies in Germany have been certified to the ISO 50001 standard. This standard requires establishment of a systematic energy management. ISO 50003 now goes one step further and requires continual, systematic increase in energy efficiency. This requires the auditor to check and confirm the successive improvement during the certification audit. With ISO 50003, additional new standards of the ISO 50000 series take effect: ISO 50006 prescribes the requirements for energy-related performance measurements using energy starting basis (EnB) and energy performance indicators (EnPl). In turn, ISO 50015 refers to the measurement and verification of energy-related performance of organizations. The ISO 50000 Family:
- ISO 50001: Establishment of a systematic energy management
- ISO 50003: Certification instructions for auditors
- ISO 50006: Development of energy performance indicators
- ISO 50015: Systematic measurement
Longer Auditing Times, Deeper Scrutiny
Until now, factors including the economic sector, number of employees or complexity of a company's energy management, which derives from total energy consumption, relative shares of energy sources and other factors, were used as the basis for determining auditing times required for certification to ISO 50001. These factors give rise to a base time of two auditing days for initial certification of industrial companies and one and a half days for non-industrial energy management systems.
ISO 50003 omits this division. This standard gives more weight to company-specific conditions that influence energy performance, such as the number of significant energy consumers like machines or climate control systems. Moreover, only personnel with a significant influence on energy consumption are now considered, instead of all employees. These factors ultimately yield an auditing time of at least three days for all companies. For you, this means increased time expenditure but at the same time, the opportunity to discover additional potential through the closer look into technical details. This has changed:
- New methods for calculating audit duration
- Basic audit increased to three days
- Additional costs, but also new opportunities for companies
