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ISO 50001 - Energy management

ISO 50001 - Energy management Using energy efficiently helps organizations save money as well as helping to conserve resources and tackle climate change. ISO 50001 supports organizations in all sectors to use energy more efficiently, through the development of an energy management system (EnMS). ISO 50001:2011 – Energy Management System ISO 50001 is based on the management system model of continual improvement also used for other well-known standards such as ISO 9001 or ISO 14001. This makes it easier for organizations to integrate energy management into their overall efforts to improve quality and environmental management. ISO 50001:2011 provides a framework of requirements for organizations to: Develop a policy for more efficient use of energy Fix targets and objectives to meet the policy Use data to better understand and make decisions about energy use Measure the results Review how well the policy works, and Continually improve energy management.  Cer...

Energy efficiency scheme leads to ₹ 37,685-crore savings for the country

CHENNAI, MARCH 22:   The ‘Perform, Achieve, Trade (PAT)’ scheme, run by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency, has brought in savings of ₹37,685 crore, according to a press release issued by BEE. The first cycle of the scheme, or PAT-I, saw investments of ₹24,517 crore in energy efficiency measures, says BEE, which is a part of the Ministry of Power. The scheme resulted in saving of energy equivalent to 8.67 million tonnes of oil, exceeding the target of 6.86 million tonnes by 30 per cent. The scheme Under the PAT scheme, ‘designated consumers’, (typically, factories), are given a baseline energy consumption. Then the DCs invest in energy efficiency measures. If their actual consumption at the end of the ‘cycle’ is lower than the baseline, BEE awards them ‘energy savings certificates’, or, ESCerts. The DCs are primarily benefited by saving energy costs, but the additional money they make selling the certificates sweetens their investments in energy efficiency. The first cy...