Step 4 leads you through the process of checking the progress of both your project action plans and your overall energy performance. To check on this progress, you will need to collect and analyze the key characteristics of your organization’s operations that determine energy performance. It might be as simple as reviewing a plot of your energy bills on a monthly basis, or it could involve examining more detailed energy consumption monitoring data on specific equipment or processes. You’ll need to take action to respond to unexpected changes in your energy performance by updating your project action plans.
eGuide Level 1, Step 4 Measure and Check Results involves the following:
- 4.1 Measure, monitor and analyze performance metrics
- 4.2 Respond to deviations in energy performance
Advancing from Foundational Level 1 to ISO 50001 Level 2 for Step 4
For foundational energy management (Level 1) you implemented monitoring, measurement and analyses for your organization’s energy consumption data and energy projects. You also reviewed the action plans to identify any needed mid-course corrections and to ensure you were achieving the intended performance improvement results from your projects.
ISO 50001 (Level 2) involves implementing additional processes that check on the results of the energy performance improvement activities and the energy management system itself. In addition to more extensive energy performance monitoring, measuring and analysis, ISO 50001 includes evaluating your organization’s compliance with its energy-related legal and other requirements, checking on the EnMS by conducting internal audits, and identifying and addressing actual and potential problems using corrective and preventive action processes.
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