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Employing a Certification Body that has been accredited by an International Accreditation Body on ISO 50001 provides international recognition of the EnMS established. Accreditation is a systematic process in which a CB is audited by a third party to ensure the competence of the CB in the provision of the relevant certification process.
Important Points to Note Before Proceeding for Certification:
- Certification is possible but not obligatory
- However, ISO develops only standards but doesn’t perform any certification
- Few accredited / non accredited bodies can perform certification
- Should choose bodies that use CASCO standard - Committee on Conformity Assessment
- After certification:Â
         ISO 50001:2018 certified ( Correct )
Broadly, the ISO 50001, Energy Management System certification process involves following major steps :
Preliminary Visit:
- Understanding of process, products, Services and Boundary
- Complexity estimation of the system to be audited
- Questionnaire submission, data gathering
- Decision making on Overall scope and duration
Document Check:
Assess compliance through following document and record check
- Energy ManualÂ
- Energy Policy
- Energy ReviewÂ
- Energy Baseline, Energy Objectives, Targets & Action Plans Â
- List of Significant Energy Uses Â
- List of Legislative Requirements Related to Energy Uses and Procurement Â
- Records of the internal audit results Â
- Records of corrective and preventive actions Â
- Records of management review Â
- Complaints received & incidents and Â
- Energy procedure and list of operational controls
Preliminary Audit:
- A complete walkthrough around the plant
- Audit Centers around key areas of EnMS like
- Internal Audit Evaluation
- Management Review
- Legal Requirements
- Training & Communication
- Identification of Non-Conformities & Observations which needs to be corrected by the plant before Certification Audit
Certification Audit:
- Conducted approximately 1 month after Preliminary Audit
- This audit centers around the implementation of all documented systems
- Checks for all basic requirements including regulatory compliance & continual improvement in energy management stated by the standard
- Finally if no critical non-conformities, the plant will be recommended for certification else a follow-up visit will be scheduled
Surveillance Audit:
- The Certification Body will conduct surveillance visits every 6 months or 1 year to check the EnMS implementation such as progress against objectives and targets
- Even use of certificate and certification logo is checked
Renewal Audit:
- A certificate is issued for 3 years
- Renewal has to be done before this period
- Focusses onÂ
- Energy review & Results
- SEU’s & Controls
- Approximate time for certification from the development of systems will be nearly 6 months to 1 year depending on the complexity of the organization and current state of energy management
Additional Resources:
Nicely explained Anil. It is important for industries and large companies to implement ISO 50001 certification as it proves their competence and ensures efficient energy usage and low carbon footprints. The energy management and conservation programs by the Government of Canada are indeed great efforts to use energy more efficiently and reduce GHG emissions. NRCan grants funding up to 50% of eligible costs to a maximum of $40,000 to obtain ISO 50001 certification. An important phase in the certification is to develop an infrastructure to collect, monitor and analyse data. This is where we at Screaming Power come into the picture, we provide solutions to industries and utilities to achieve it for their customers/employees on their behalf. One of the important tasks in applying for ISO 50001 is energy consumption analysis and calculating carbon footprints. Our machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms provide the industries with a detailed explanation of their usage trends and how consumption and carbon emission can be reduced. We as a utilities and energy services app development company play an important role to integrate these conservation and analysis features into utilities or industries existing infrastructure. In addition to the great effort by NRCan and other companies who contribute to this program, it is important to advertise the program enough so that it reaches a large audience and all of us can collectively help in reducing GHG emissions and promote efficient energy use.
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