News on the ISO 50001 standard version 2018 - Energy management systems - Requirements
07/04/2025
The ISO 50001 version 2018 standard is the second version (edition) of this standard for energy management systems. It replaces the first edition of 2011.
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- reduce your carbon footprint
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1. NEWS COMPARED TO THE 2011 EDITION
- Adoption of the requirements of the high-level structure of management systems
- Clarification of strategic management processes
- Clarification of certain terms and definitions
- Addition of new definitions
- Emphasis on the role of top management and leadership
- Removal of the management representative
- Addition of context
- Addition of the scope of the EnMS
- Addition of the risk approach
- Addition of continual improvement
- Removal of preventive actions
- Clarification of the exclusion of certain types of energy
- Addition of the concept of adjusting EPIs (energy performance indicators)
- Clarification of the energy data collection plan (preliminary energy measurement plan)
- Clarification of EPIs and SERs (reference energy situations)
2. ARTICLES ARE 10 ACCORDING TO HIGH LEVEL STRUCTURE:
- Scope
- Normative references
- Terms and definitions
- Context of the organization
- Leadership
- Planning
- Support
- Operation
- Performance evaluation
- Improvement
3. REQUIRED PROCEDURES (*MANDATORY)
- procedures (documented):
- scope* (§ 4.3)
- energy review* (§ 6.3)
- energy performance indicators* (§ 6.4)
4. RECORDS REQUIRED
- recordings:
- Energy objectives and targets (§ 6.2)
- Action plans (§ 6.2)
- Energy performance indicators (§ 6.4)
- Energy baseline (§ 6.5)
- Data to be collected (§ 6.6)
- Measuring equipment (§ 6.6)
- Competence (§ 7.2)
- Improvement suggestions (§ 7.4)
- List of documents (§ 7.5.1)
- Documents of external origin (§ 7.5.3)
- Process implementation (§ 8.1)
- Design (§ 8.2)
- Inspection results (§ 9.1)
- Compliance evaluation (§ 9.1)
- Audit program (§ 9.2)
- Audit reports (§ 9.2)
- Management review decisions (§ 9.3)
- Nonconformities (§ 10.1)
- Corrective actions (§ 10.1)
5. REQUIRED PROCESSES
- process:
- Process changes to the Energy Management System (§ 5.1)
- Plan the energy review (§ 6.1)
- Consume energy (§ 6.3)
- Communicate (§ 7.4)
- Control significant energy uses (§ 8.1)
- Inspect (§ 9.1)
- Audit internally (§ 9.2)
- Conduct the management review (§ 9.3)
6. REQUIRED POLICY (*MANDATORY)
- policy:
- Energy policy (§ 5.2) *
7. THE VERB SHALL IS USED 212 TIMES
8. DETAILS OF ARTICLES AND PARAGRAPHS
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Context of the organization
4.1 Understanding the organization and its context
4.2 Understanding the needs and expectations of interested parties
4.3 Determining the scope of the energy management system
4.4 Energy management system
5 Leadership
5.1 Leadership and commitment
5.2 Energy policy
5.3 Organization roles, responsibilities and authorities
6 Planning
6.1 Actions to address risks and opportunities
6.2 Objectives, energy targets and planning to achieve them
6.3 Energy review
6.4 Energy performance indicators
6.5 Energy baseline
6.6 Planning for collection of energy data
7 Support
7.1 Resources
7.2 Competence
7.3 Awareness
7.4 Communication
7.5 Documented information
8 Operation
8.1 Operational planning and control
8.2 Design
8.3 Procurement
9 Performance evaluation
9.1 Monitoring, measurement, analysis and evaluation of energy performance and the EnMS
9.2 Internal audit
9.3 Management review
10 Improvement
10.1 Nonconformity and corrective action
10.2 Continual improvement