Commitment

1. SELF-ASSESSMENT
One of the first activities to be undertaken when implementing an energy management system within an organization is to check the existing level of energy management in the company. The purpose of such self-assessment is to identify the main priorities for the organization regarding the implementation process ...

Planning

1. WHAT DOES THE PLANNING PHASE MEAN?
Planning—Translating the commitment and energy policy into objectives, targets and action plans Planning aims to determine ways of using energy. It is basically an energy review for comparison between baseline and measured improvements. The purpose of the energy review process is to examine your energy use ...

Implementation

1. DEVELOP DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS
1.1 Doing-daily activities to improve energy performance In this phase the actual energy savings and performance improvements are implemented. It is part of a continuous improvement cycle in conjunction with the next phase “checking” where the system and the energy performance are checked ...

Checking

1. DETERMINE IF THE SYSTEM IS PERFORMING
Checking – Are you improving performance and saving energy or not? If not, why not and what do you need to do to improve.
In this phase the projected improvements, of both the system and the energy performance, are checked in reality.This checking phase consists, in short, of the following key elements which ...