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ISO 50001 Energy Management System Services
ERM has been helping clients to see the value of designing, implementing, and continuously improving the systematic way they manage energy since 1992. The release of an ISO standard to describe and regularise that process in June 2011 marks a turning point in the way in which companies manage their use of energy. From now on, formally documenting energy-management procedures, opportunities, projects, roles and responsibilities, and every other aspect of energy purchase, conversion, use, and value extraction is going to be a minimum. Ad hoc, project by project, and "we just pay for what we use, don't we?" is going to be patently inadequate. ERM provides clients with a clear path to energy management excellence by implementing an appropriate system for managing energy, in other works, an energy management system, abbreviated as EnMS. But what about certification and the expense that entails? Happily there is a self-certification route: the standard itself states that it can be used as the basis of self-declaration of conformity. Self-declaration is a very much cheaper option, and brings most of the benefits in terms of ensuring a robust and visible energy-management programme with continuity through changes of personnel, and with the explicit backing of top management. Since few assessors here in Asia are sufficiently qualified to judge an energy management programme in detail, there is even more reason for considering self-certification.
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