BS EN 16001 Energy Management Standard

Today more than ever, effective energy management is a crucial issue for the success of any business. For many, the answer is an Energy Management System (EMS) - a framework for the systematic management of energy. As well as enhancing energy efficiency, an EMS can cut costs and reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) providing you with a competitive advantage. BS EN 16001 Energy Management represents the latest best practice in energy management building upon existing national standards and initiatives. The standard specifies the requirements for an EMS to enable your organisation to develop and implement a policy, identify significant areas of energy consumption and target energy reductions.

BS EN 16001 also forms the basis of BSI's Kitemark Scheme for Energy Reduction Verification - enabling organisations to prove their reductions in C02 emissions from energy use to management, customers and regulators such as required for the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme.

Who is BS EN 16001 Energy Management relevant to?

BS EN 16001 Energy Management is suitable for any organisation - whatever your size, sector or geographical location. It is particularly relevant if you operate in an energy intensive industry or one facing GHG emission legislation.

Using BS EN 16001 Energy Management as a framework to manage and reduce your energy consumption can lead to:-

• Reduced costs
  Reduce energy costs via a structured approach to identifying, measuring and managing your energy consumption.
  
  
• Improved business performance
  Drive greater productivity by identifying technical point solutions and affecting behavioural change to reduce energy consumption.
  
  
• More engagement with top management
  Position energy management in the boardroom as a key business issue.
  
  
• Improved compliance with legislation
  Meet current or future mandatory energy efficiency targets and/or the requirements of GHG emission reduction legislation.
  
  
• Reduced GHG emissions
  Meet stakeholder expectations or obligations now and in the future.
  
  
• Formalised energy policy and objectives
  Create respect for the energy management policy and embed energy efficient thinking in your organisation.
  
  
• Integration with existing management systems
  Align your Energy Management System (EMS) with existing management systems for incremental benefit.
  
  
• Greater security of energy supply
  Understand your energy risk exposure and identify areas of the organisation at greatest risk.
  
  
• More innovation
  Develop opportunities for new products and services in the low-carbon economy of the future.
  
  

Certification is a valuable tool which you can use to demonstrate to your stakeholders that you meet the very latest energy management best practice. We're an accredited body ourselves, which ensures that we look at your management system from an independent angle, and our experienced consultants bring their industry knowledge to bear to help you get the most out of BS EN 16001 Energy Management.