Global Energy Efficiency Standard: ISO 50001
DOE recognizes new global energy efficiency and energy management standard, ISO 50001, that "will pave the way for long term energy savings and serve as a critical tool for the implementation of the Department's energy efficiency programs.
by NEC Team
Global Energy Efficiency Standard: ISO 50001
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From the Department of Energy's EERE News, June 20, 2011:
"The Department of Energy (DOE) today recognized the publication of ISO 50001, a new global energy efficiency and energy management standard which will help organizations worldwide save money in their buildings and industrial facilities. The new international standard will pave the way for long term energy savings and serve as a critical tool for the implementation of the Department’s energy efficiency programs. This voluntary standard, developed by a project committee of 45 partnering countries from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), provides organizations with a framework for continuous energy performance improvements. The framework will encourage adoption of best practices that reduce the energy use of existing equipment and facilities, require the use of energy performance data to target cost-effective upgrades, and emphasize the design and installation of highly efficient energy systems and equipment. By increasing their operational efficiency, organizations that adopt the ISO 50001 standard will save money by saving energy.
DOE’s Industrial Technologies Program and Building Technologies Program are supporting implementation of the ISO 50001 standard for industrial and commercial facilities through the voluntary Superior Energy Performance certification program, a new comprehensive energy management program that provides facilities with a roadmap for achieving continual improvement in energy efficiency. The program will provide a transparent, globally accepted system for verifying energy performance improvements and management practices. Facilities seeking Superior Energy Performance certification must conform to the ISO 50001 standard and meet carefully defined energy performance improvement criteria. The Superior Energy Performance program for industry will launch in 2012 and will expand to support energy efficiency upgrades in commercial buildings in the future. DOE is also developing and disseminating a portfolio of energy management resources to help facilities implement ISO 50001."
For more information on ISO energy management, see Future ISO 50001 for Energy Management Systems, and Thinking Globally: How ISO 50001 – Energy Management can make industrial energy efficiency standard practice.
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 50001 Energy Management Systems’ requirements with guidance for use are commercially available.
