The Energy Management Working Group (EMWG) aims to establish energy management as a key energy efficiency strategy for the industrial and commercial buildings sectors, and works with governments and partners to create or expand programs and policies to promote EnMS adoption. These programs and policies can target the private sector, but EMWG also recommends that governments expand the use of EnMS to publicly owned facilities.

Linking EnMS to Positive Impacts on Productivity and Climate Change

Energy Management Campaign: Governments, business, industry, and other key partners are using the ISO 50001 standard as a transparent mechanism to demonstrate progress towards climate and energy goals. Evidence shows that organizations adopting the ISO 50001 standard are realizing initial energy improvements of 10% or more and achieving net cost savings, mostly through low-cost or no-cost changes to operations. ISO 50001 supports the global climate agenda and provides a universal, reliable benchmark for measuring progress toward energy and climate goals. The Energy Management Campaign partners with global leaders from governments, private sector companies, and energy and climate-focused organizations that commit to concrete actions that promote robust ISO 50001 implementation. The campaign will continue to seek additional commitments until the goal—50,001 certifications globally—is achieved.  

View commitments on the Energy Management Campaign’s webpage. 

ISO 50001 Global Impacts Research Network and ISO 50001 Impact Estimator Tool: The EMWG gathers data to analyze the impact of ISO 50001 on productivity and climate change. Internationally acceptable methods for data collection, measurement, and analysis yield more informed business and policy decisions. In response to this need, the EMWG’s ISO 50001 Global Impacts Research Network is developing and refining a transparent methodology that can be used at the national or regional level to predict, quantify, and demonstrate the value of ISO 50001. This methodology is embedded in the ISO 50001 Impact Estimator Tool (IET 50001).

The EMWG analyses provide corporate and government leaders with the reliable data needed to assess the value of ISO 50001 to their organizations and the customers or constituents that they serve. In addition, stakeholders can obtain a clearer picture of progress toward energy and climate commitments.

EnMS Pilot Projects: EWMG members are sharing best practices, resources, and protocols to conduct pilot projects that have focused on EnMS implementation, and are measuring results with companies on a national level. In Canada, a two-year pilot supported by the EMWG resulted in a 15.2 percent energy performance improvement at a 3M Canada manufacturing facility. The Republic of Korea recently completed a round of pilot projects. Companies that participated in demonstration projects in the United States are pursuing and achieving certification.

North American Energy Management Pilot Program (NAEMPP): The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), in collaboration with Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Mexico’s Comisión Nacional para el Uso Eficiente de la Energía (National Commission for the Efficient Use of Energy) (CONUEE) and the US Department of Energy (DOE), is partnering with nine companies in Canada, Mexico and the United States to implement the NAEMPP. Through the program, selected facilities from these companies will implement the ISO 50001 energy management system standard and the Superior Energy Performance® program. The NAEMPP involves a series of training workshops in 2016 in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Qualified participants will learn how to apply a corporate-level energy management system and share best practices across multiple facilities, throughout North America and worldwide. Visit the CEC's North American Energy Management Pilot Program web page for more information.

Contact the Secretariat for more information.

ISO 50001 Global Database

The EMWG is promoting the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) effort to develop a global database of ISO management system certificates, which will include ISO 50001 and other management system standards, such as ISO 14001 and ISO 9001. The IAFCERTSEARCH database collects non-sensitive, publicly available certification data and will provide an authoritative source for validating accredited certifications. Compiling this information in a central location will help to uphold the value of accredited certification in the market and avoid issues of misuse that could dilute the value of the standards. Additionally, the database will help track the growth of ISO 50001 certifications worldwide.  

The EMWG is supporting this effort by encouraging certification bodies in their countries to populate the database. In coordination with IAF, the EMWG plans to develop a web page that retrieves ISO 50001 certification statistics for participating EMWG countries. These statistics will be generated from public data in the IAFCERTSEARCH database. This activity will enable participating EMWG governments to track the growth of ISO 50001 in their countries, which will help to measure the effectiveness of their ISO 50001 programs and initiatives. In addition, EMWG governments will be able to provide public recognition to ISO 50001-certified organizations in their countries.