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ISO For Energy Management, Green Buildings In The Works

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Bandar Seri Begawan - The Ministry of Development will undertake the initiative to implement an international standard for energy management ISO 50001, and standard for sustainability in building construction ISO 15392.

Deputy Minister of Development Dato Paduka Hj Ali Hj Apong made the announcement in his keynote speech yesterday at the conference on alternative energy and energy efficiency.

He said the ministry is focusing on efforts in energy efficiency and conservation strategies in building design and construction which represents a major proportion of prime energy consumed and emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

"The implementation of ISO 50001 in Energy Management Systems is expected to address effective organisational management of energy resource and performance in aceordance to relevant global standards. It is expected to be released by the end of 2010," said the deputy minister.

ISO 50001 will establish an international framework for industrial plants or entire companies to manage all aspects of energy, including procurement and use.

The standard will provide organisations and companies with technical and management strategies to increase energy efficiency, reduce costs, and improve environmental performance.

It is expected to cover relevant terminology, measurement and metrics including measuring and reporting on their carbon emissions.

The deputy minister added that the ministry will also begin to embark on ISO 15392 in Sustainability in Building Construction which focuses on the concept of sustainable development applied to the life cycle of buildings and other construction works from their inception to its completion.

"It is high time our own professionals look at energy efficient technologies and an integrated building management that controls energy usage and eliminate energy wastage throughout the life eyele of the buildings."

"Government buildings should also lead by example by using construction materials that consume less energy and support sustainability to our environment," he added.

In addition, the deputy minister said that the "Piawaian Brunei Darossalam" or PBD 12:2008, a standard issued and published by the ministry on building guidelines and requirements will also be reviewed if agreed by all those involved.

The standard will address requirements on energy efficiency guidelines on building design and construction.

"The ministry is constantly challenged with demands by stakeholders to improve our services at every level and our own expectations to be the best at what we do whilst meeting the demands of international standards," Dam Hj Ali said.

The Brunei Times

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ISO 50001 Current Draft

ISO 50001 on energy management systems approved as Draft International Standard

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The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) would like to inform all stakeholders that ISO 50001, a standards development initiative of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), has been recently approved as a Draft International Standard (DIS).

What will ISO 50001 address? A framework for integrating energy efficiency into management practices Making better use of existing energy-consuming assets Benchmarking, measuring, documenting, and reporting energy intensity improvements and their projected impact on reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions Transparency and communication on the management of energy resources Energy management best practices and good energy management behaviors Evaluating and prioritizing the implementation of new energy-efficient technologies A framework for promoting energy efficiency throughout the supply chain Energy management improvements in the context of GHG emission reduction projects.

ISO 50001 is being developed by Project Committee (PC) 242,Energy management. The standard will provide energy management systems guidelines for industrial plants, commercial facilities, and entire organizations. ANSI serves as the committee Secretariat in partnership with Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas (ABNT).
The document is based on the common elements found in all of ISO’s management system standards, assuring a high level of compatibility with ISO 9001, Quality management systems, and ISO 14001, Environmental management systems. Now that ISO 50001 has advanced to the DIS stage, national member bodies of ISO have been invited to vote and comment on the text of the standard during the five-month balloting period.
If the outcome of the DIS voting is positive, the modified document will then be circulated to the ISO members as a Final Draft International Standard (FDIS). If that vote is positive, ISO 50001 is expected to be published as an International Standard by early 2011.
As the U.S. member body to ISO, ANSI has accredited the Georgia Institute of Technology Energy and Sustainability Services (GT ESS) as administrator of the U.S. Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to ISO PC 242. In this capacity, GT ESS staff provide administrative facilitation for all aspects of the TAG’s work. Roland Risser from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) serves as the TAG chair.
The TAG met in Katy, TX in May to review initial feedback collected from TAG members and to develop the U.S. comments to be passed forward to PC 242. The TAG will use the input to formulate the U.S. vote on whether the project advances to the FDIS, or final draft stage.
For further information, please contact either Deann Desai of GT ESS (deann.desai@gatech.edu) or Jason Knopes of ANSI (jknopes@ansi.org).

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Energy Management System ISO 50001. What, Why, When?

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ISO (International Organization for Standardization) has initiated work on an international energy management standard with preparatory assistance from the UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization). The standard is Energy Management System ISO 50001.

Energy Management System – ISO 50001 Standard is planned to be released by the end of 2010. It seems that this Energy Management System won’t be abbreviated with EMS, since this abbreviation is already used for Environmental Management System ISO 14001. This international standard for energy management system seems to be named with “EnMS”, or “MSE”, the abbreviation of Management System for Energy.

Energy Management System – ISO 50001 provides a method for integrating energy efficiency into existing industrial management systems for continuous improvement. It is compatible with ISO 9001, ISO 14001. Implementation of an energy management system assists a company develops a baseline of energy use, actively managing energy uses and costs, reduce emissions without negative effect on operations, etc.

Like other ISO management model, ISO 50001 management model is PDCA. Technical model includes:

Plan: Energy data management; Assessment.
Do: Energy Purchasing; Design; Projects; Verification
Check: Monitoring; Measurement.
Action: System Performance.

Companies that want to increase their energy efficiency use while saving this planet better implementing this international standard of energy management system. ISO 50001.

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International Organization for Standardization's (ISO) New Energy Management Standard
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By : Daniel Stouffer Submitted 2010-02-13 08:09:27

The pressing need for an international energy management standard gave birth to ISO 50001. It is intended to be an international framework by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the management of energy in enterprises and industrial plants
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) recognizes the high need for an international energy management standard by introducing ISO 50001 which can be very helpful in commercial energy management.


The need to promote energy efficiency, the adamant need to reduce carbon emissions, the higher prices of fossil fuels due to reduced supply, and the need to use renewable energy sources give enough reason for this new energy management standard to be developed which was based on advanced best practices and existing regional and national standards." - Alan Brydon, ISO Secretary-General

It is estimated that 60% of carbon emissions are from energy production. Due to the threats and implications of global warming and climate change, now is the right time to maximize efficiency in energy use and to manage energy resources.


ISO 50001 will be complementary with ISO 14000 (environmental management standards series) and ISO 9000 (quality management standards series). The new energy management standards will help improve efficiency of enterprise energy management.


ISO 50001 has a set if goals which might be introduced by the end of the year 2010, as follows: * assist organizations in making better use of energy consuming assets * provide benchmarking, measuring, documenting and reporting guidance * facilitate communication and create transparency regarding the management of energy sources * promote best practices and reinforce good energy management behavior * assist in evaluation and prioritization of new technologies * help to promote energy efficiency through the supply chain


This new energy management standard will implement a framework which will help organizations give attention to energy efficiency to overall operation and further define management practices and attention. Introduction of this new energy management standard is widely anticipated as enterprises has been long waiting for such. One of the best ways to reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions is energy efficiency and reduction on usage of fossil fuels.
To help companies reach targets in energy use reduction and carbon emissions, ISO 50001 can be used by corporations, supply-chain partnerships, and energy service utility companies. The new energy management standard could be used in the supply chain to be able to compare efficiency when it is implemented.

Being an international standard, the ISO 50001 will enable multinational organizations to have a consistent methodology in identifying and implementing energy efficient improvements.
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ISO develops an international standard for energy management

In a world first, the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) has approved the creation of a project committee mandated to develop an international standard on energy management. ISO’s project committee PC 242 aims to develop an International Standard on energy management. The future ISO 50001 will establish a framework for industrial plants, commercial facilities or entire organisations to manage energy.

“The urgency to reduce GHG emissions, the reality of higher prices from reduced availability of fossil fuels, and the need to promote energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy sources, provides a strong rationale for developing this new standard, building on the most advanced best practices and existing national or regional standards,” explains ISO secretary-general Alan Bryden.

ISO says that the standard will provide all types of organisations and companies with a practical and widely recognised approach to increase energy efficiency, reduce costs and improve their environmental performance by addressing both the technical and management aspects of rational energy use.

The standard is intended to be broadly applicable to various sectors of national economies including utility, manufacturing, commercial building, general commerce and transportation sectors and therefore according to ISO, could have influence on as much as 60% of the world’s energy demand.

According to ISO, the project committee ISO/PC 242 Energy Management will consider the development of a standard containing relevant terms and definitions and providing management system requirements together with guidance for use, implementation, measurement and metrics.

The standard will be based on the continual improvement and Plan-Do-Check-Act approach utilised in ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 to provide compatibility and integration opportunities.

Among the main benefits of the future standard are the following:

• provide organisations and companies (utilities, manufacturers, commerce, buildings, transportation, both private and public) with a well recognised framework for integrating energy efficiency into their management practices
• offer organisations with operations in more than one country a single, harmonised standard for implementation across the organisation
• provide a logical and consistent methodology for identifying and implementing improvements that may contribute to a continual increase in energy efficiency across facilities
• assist organisations to better utilise existing energy-consuming assets, thus reducing costs and/or expanding capacity
• offer guidance on benchmarking, measuring, documenting, and reporting energy intensity improvements and their projected impact on reductions in GHG emissions
• create transparency and facilitate communication on the management of energy, promote energy management best practices, thus reinforcing the value of good energy management behaviours
• assist facilities in evaluating and prioritising the implementation of new energy-efficient technologies
• provide a framework for organisations to encourage suppliers to better manage their energy, thus promoting energy efficiency throughout the supply chain
• facilitate the use of energy management as a component of GHG emission reduction projects
• Targetting broad applicability across national economic sectors, the standard could influence up to 60% of the world’s energy use.

The committee's first meeting was held in the US and attended by delegates from the ISO national member bodies of 25 countries from all regions of the world, as well as representation from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), which has liaison status with PC 242.

All the participating countries have existing activities on energy management and have a strong interest in also developing a harmonised solution at the international level.

As part of the proceedings, delegates described their various initiatives in detail. For example, a presentation was given by UNIDO on the preparatory work the organisation has carried out to support the ISO process by researching energy management needs in developing countries.

This gave the committee an insight into the different policies and situations around the world which need to be taken into account in the development of a globally relevant International Standard for energy management.

Progress was made in the technical discussions and a first working draft has already been created. A major point of discussion is the need to ensure compatibility with the existing suite of ISO management system standards.

The committee therefore took the key decision to base the draft on the common elements found in all of ISO’s management system standards. This will ensure maximum compatibility with key standards such as ISO 9001 for quality management and ISO 14001 for environmental management.

The project committee aims to have ISO 50001 ready for publication by the end of 2010.

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Page: 1 of 2 1 | 2 All » ISO's new standard could be helpful to utilities. ISO targets energy management systems by Sara Stroud - 7.6.09 GENEVA A new standard for energy management systems is in the works that could affect up to 60 percent of global energy demand, according to its drafting organization. The International Organization for Standardization’s (ISO) new standard, ISO 50001, would provide a framework for industrial facilities seeking to manage their energy use, drawing on the success of established environmental and quality management standards. Certification under the standard could help explain to customers and suppliers how a company is tracking—and ideally reducing—its energy use, something that could provide a competitive advantage, especially if and when a price is put on carbon emissions. “I see it as a way to solidify a company’s sustainability strategy,” says John Wallner senior manager, industrial sector for the Portland-based Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance. “It’s a important part of keeping everything transparent.” The international standard is expected to provide guidance in how to measure, document and report energy use; define roles and responsibilities within an organization; build awareness within a company about energy use; and assist in goal-setting for energy reduction. It would also provide insight about where new energy-saving technologies could be most effectively implemented. Currently, most energy management systems are utility programs, though there are some that are commercial and under contract to utilities. Wallner also cited the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star for Industry as a type of program to which ISO 50001 could apply. Page: 1 of 2

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