If your organization is seeking SEP certification you must ensure your energy management system (EnMS) scope satisfies the SEP requirements in ANSI/MSE 50021 and the SEP Measurement & Verification Protocol (M&V Protocol) as discussed below.
There are several important clarifications regarding the scope requirement. Your facility boundaries do not have to be contiguous. Many industrial facilities have other buildings nearby, like warehouses and testing labs that are not located on the same property as the manufacturing site. However, all of these buildings can be included in the scope when they are part of the same operations and local management structure.
If you have an enterprise-wide ISO 50001 certification that covers many facilities, some or all of these facilities can be SEP certified. It is very important to distinguish between the enterprise level and the SEP facility scope and boundaries. Each SEP facility will have to meet the SEP requirements and can have an individual SEP certification, but their ISO 50001 certification can be part of an enterprise-wide certificate that covers many different facilities.
1.6.3 Develop a scope and boundaries statement for your EnMS
For the purposes of SEP, the EnMS scope is a facility. Start by reviewing the EnMS scope as defined by your ISO 50001 system. Adjust the scope as needed to ensure it meets the requirements of ANSI/MSE 50021 and SEP M&V Protocol as discussed below.
Requirements for the EnMS scope and boundaries are found in these SEP resources:
ANSI/MSE 50021
Section 4.1 defines the EnMS scope for a SEP organization as a facility. This is typically the area occupied by your organization at a particular location. You can also designate a subset of the facility as the scope as long as all the energy sources crossing the subset’s boundary are measured (ANSI/MSE 50021, Annex A).
SEP M&V Protocol
Section 3.3.1 defines the facility as the participating unit for SEP. It also states the participating unit may be a subset if there is measured energy consumption data for each energy source crossing the facility boundaries.
Section 3.3.2 allows for dividing the facility into subsets that can be totaled if energy consumption data is available for each subset in isolation. For example:
Major energy consuming systems such as lighting, HVAC, production processes, compressed air and steam systems could each be a separate subset if their energy consumption can be isolated.
