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EN 16001
Giovanni FRANCO
EN 16001
European Commission
Enterprise and Industry
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Introduction
• EN 16001 is the European Energy
Management Systems standard (EnMS)
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What is EN 16001?
• The standard employs the same ‘plan-docheck-act’ approach as the Environmental
Management Systems standard BS EN ISO
14001 (EMS) [also ISO9001 (QMS)].
• This was a deliberate decision from the outset
so that those adopting it who had some
knowledge of the latter could identify with the
procedures, or harmonize it as appropriate with
an existing management system.
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Relationship between EN 16001 and EN ISO 14001
• Used in tandem with EN ISO 14001 it
can help organizations explore energy
management in more depth than may
have been the case using only EN ISO
14001
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P-D–C-A
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What is EN 16001?
Achieving ongoing
improvements in energy
performance is the overall
objective
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What is EN 16001?
• Implementation of the standard should
lead to a practical, long term programme
of energy management and
performance improvement.
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Why EN 16001?
• Energy and money saving: Italian case
studies show that 50% cost reduction is
possible in the short term and the payback of
first investments and management efforts is
1-2 years
• CO2 emissions reduction
• Relations with product performances
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Terminology
Some new definitions:
 Energy: electricity, fuel, steam, heat,
compressed air, & other like media
 Energy aspect: element of the
organization’s activities, goods or
services that can affect energy use
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Terminology
 Energy Management System (EnMS): set of
interrelated or interacting elements of an
organization to establish energy policy and
objectives and to achieve those objectives
 Energy management programme: action
plan specifically aimed at achieving energy
objectives & targets
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What’s in EN 16001?
contents:
 1.
 2.
 3.
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Scope
Terms & definitions
Energy Management System
requirements
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What’s in EN 16001?
contents:
Energy Management System requirements
 3.2 energy policy
 3.3 planning
 3.4 implementation & operation
 3.5 checking
 3.6 review of the EnMS by top management
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What’s in EN 16001?
contents:
Energy Management System requirements
 3.3 planning
 3.3.1
identification & review of energy aspects
 3.3.2
legal obligations & other requirements
 3.3.3
energy objectives, targets &
programmes
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The major steps are as follows:
 Establish an appropriate energy policy
 Identify the ‘energy aspects’ from the
organization’s activities, usually through
an energy audit
 Facilitate planning, control, monitoring,
measurement, establishment of energy
saving targets, preventative and
corrective actions ….
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The major steps are as follows
 Identify applicable legal and other requirements
to which the organization subscribes
 Identify priorities and set appropriate energy
objectives and programme targets
 Establish a relevant structure and
programme(s) to implement the policy, achieve
the objectives and meet the performance targets
…..
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The major steps are as
follows:
 Address relevant resources, roles and
responsibilities to meet all the above
 Carry out appropriate awareness campaigns and
training to ensure competence and adequate
communication
 Engage senior management with all of the above
 Regularly review and update activities
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An energy policy should
 commit the organization to address the
products, processes and other
activities which affect significant energy
consumption
 commit the organization to continual
improvement of its energy efficiency
and investigation of alternative
and renewable sources of energy
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An Energy Policy should
 commit the organization to adhere to
applicable laws and regulations which
are relevant to the energy use of the
organization
 be communicated to all persons who
work for, or on behalf of, the
organization and should be readily
available to the public.
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Guidance Points
 3.3 PLANNING
identification and review of energy aspects
 The organization should maintain a register
of opportunities for saving energy:
 the energy aspect to which it relates;
 its value in financial and/or carbon dioxide terms;
 action required;
 estimated or actual cost;
 for completed items, date completed and actual
outcome.
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Guidance Points
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identification and review of energy aspects
 The organization that intends to implement an
energy management system should start by
establishing its current position with regard to
energy consumption by means of an initial review of
energy aspects.
 This is the fundamental cornerstone for establishing
and maintaining an energy management system
that is tailored to the organization's energy aspects.
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Guidance Points
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identification and review of energy aspects
Each review of energy aspects shall include:
a) Past and present energy consumption and
energy factors based on measurement and
other data:
b) Identification of areas of significant energy
consumption, in particular of significant
changes in energy use during the past period
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identification and review of energy aspects
Each review of energy aspects shall include:
c) An estimate of the expected energy
consumption during the following period:
d) identification of all persons working for and on
behalf of the organization whose actions may
lead to significant changes in energy
consumption
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identification and review of energy aspects
Each review of energy aspects shall include:
Identification of opportunities for improving
energy efficiency.
The review shall be documented.
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Guidance Points
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 Legal Obligations & other requirements
The organization needs to identify the
applicable legal requirements and other
requirements to which the organization
subscribes related to its energy aspects.
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 Legal Obligations & other requirements
The organization should prepare and
maintain a list of the pertinent energy
legislation and other requirements,
which
affect
the
organization's
activities, products or services.
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 Legal Obligations & other requirements
 The organisation should describe how it:
— communicates relevant information to the
appropriate persons.
— keeps up to date on new laws and
regulations,
--- updates their register of applicable
legislation at pre-defined intervals.
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 Energy objectives, targets and programmes

Setting objectives and targets provides the
means for transforming policy into action.

The organization should ensure that the
objectives and targets are consistent with the
energy policy and the significant energy
aspects.
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 Energy objectives, targets and programmes

Setting energy targets ensures that the
organization has defined success criteria so
that progress towards improved energy
efficiency can be measured.
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Guidance Points
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Energy objectives, targets and programmes
 Targets should be:
a) ambitious, so as to commit the organization
to continual improvement;
b) realistic, so that they can be achieved within
the specified time limits;
c) specific and measurable.
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Energy objectives, targets and programmes
Targets :
 As a minimum targets should be established
for each of the significant energy aspects
identified by the review.
 Some targets may apply to equipment or
facilities (e.g. a specific production line), while
others may address the energy consumption of
departments.
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Guidance Points
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Energy objectives, targets and programmes

Energy reduction targets could be expressed
through energy performance indicators such
as energy consumption per item, per kg, per
m2 or equivalent, thus making the energy
target largely independent of variations of
activity.
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Energy objectives, targets and
programmes

The organization should consider the
possibilities of using the Best Available
Technology (BAT) when establishing its
energy management programmes.
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Guidance Points
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Energy objectives, targets and programmes



What are the priority activities and projects to
be initiated?
What is to be achieved and what is the
timescale for delivery?
Who has the responsibility and what
resources are required to implement the
action plans?
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Guidance Points
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Energy objectives, targets and programmes

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How
are
the
energy
management
programmes to be monitored and revised?
Do energy management programmes reflect
the energy policy, objectives and targets
together
with
legal
and other obligations?
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Energy objectives, targets and
programmes

Energy
management
programmes
should be documented & reviewed
regularly to ensure they are up to date &
relevant.
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 3.4 IMPLEMENTATION & OPERATION
 Resources, Roles, Responsibility & Authority
(energy manager)
 Awareness, training & competence (all staff)
 Communication (the organ’n shall establish,
implement & document an external communication
plan)
 EnMS documentation (paper or electronic)
 Operational control
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 3.5 CHECKING
 Monitoring & measurement
 Evaluation of compliance (records)
 Nonconformity, C.A & P.A. (documentation
retention)
 Control of records
 Internal audit of the EnMS (audit reports)
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 3.6 REVIEW
 Records shall be maintained
 Inputs to the management review
 Outputs from the management review
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