ISO 50001 Checklist

Are the external and internal context issues identified?

Is the ability to affect your organization to achieve the intended outcomes of your EnMS and to improve your energy performance assessed?

Is the information obtained from the energy review used to determine organizational context?

Are the boundaries and/or limits on the applicability of your EnMS defined?

Is there a process for identifying, monitoring, and reviewing relevant internal and external issues to determine if changes will impact your EnMS?

Are the ‘interested parties’ relevant to your energy performance and EnMS identified?

Are the risks and opportunities for deviating from energy performance identified?

Are the requirements of these interested parties, which are relevant to your EnMS, identified?

Is there a system for continually monitoring and reviewing these interested parties?

Are the applicable legal and other requirements related to your energy use, energy consumption, and energy efficiency identified?

Is a process approach adopted when developing, implementing, and improving the effectiveness of your EnMS?

Is the scope of your EnMS established?

Is top management involved in the preparation and continued review of the EnMS?

Do they ensure that the Energy Policy is communicated within your organization and to relevant parties?

Are the EnMS requirements integrated into your organization’s business processes?

Are responsibilities and authorities assigned and communicated by top management?

Are these responsibilities and authorities understood within your organization?

Are measurable objectives and targets established at relevant functions and levels?

Are these objectives and targets consistent with your organization’s energy policy?

Have your organization’s activities and processes that can affect energy performance been reviewed to lead to actions for continual improvement?

Are Significant Energy Uses (SEUs) and energy performance improvement opportunities identified?

Is the output of the energy review used to identify risks and opportunities and input to the subsequent energy planning process?

Is risk management integrated into the strategic planning process?

Are the Energy Performance Indicators (EnPIs) and energy baseline appropriate for measuring and monitoring energy performance and demonstrating improvement?

Is an energy measurement plan established detailing what data to collect, how to collect it, and how often?

Are the resources needed for the establishment, implementation, maintenance, and continual improvement of the EnMS and energy performance determined and provided?

Is the knowledge required to control your energy performance and EnMS determined, and maintained?

Can you demonstrate that the competency requirements for personnel related to your organization’s SEUs have been determined?

Is documented information retained to demonstrate that all personnel under your control are competent?

Are internal and external communication activities relevant to the EnMS determined?

Are the SEUs and energy uses related to the energy objectives, targets, and action plans effectively controlled and maintained?

Are opportunities for the improvement of energy performance identified early in the design process and throughout the entire design process?

Are the best available energy-efficient techniques, practices, and emerging technology trends considered when designing new, modified, or renovated facilities, equipment, systems, and processes?

Are energy implications taken into account in procurement decisions for energy services, products, and equipment?

Are procurement specifications, tender, and contract documentation including energy performance criteria?

Is the effectiveness of the EnMS demonstrated by improvements in EnPIs over time relative to the relevant energy baseline (EnB)?

Are significant deviations from defined or acceptable levels of energy performance determined?

Can you demonstrate that you are actively seeking opportunities to improve the performance of your EnMS?

Can you identify whether any non-conformity could exist elsewhere within your facilities, equipment, systems, or processes, or if it could potentially occur elsewhere?

Can you demonstrate that you are continually improving the adequacy, suitability, and effectiveness of your EnMS?