This document specifies requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining and improving an
energy management system, and its aim is to enable an organization to follow a systematic approach
in achieving continual improvement of energy performance.
This document:
a) is applicable to any organization regardless of its type, size, complexity, geographical
location, culture, or the products and services it provides;
b) is applicable to activities affecting energy performance that are managed and controlled by the
organization;
c) is applicable irrespective of the types of energy and quantity of energy consumed;
d) does not define specific levels of required energy performance improvement, but requires
demonstration of continual improvement by determination of energy performance;
e) can be used independently, or be aligned or integrated with other management systems.
Annex A provides informative guidance on this document. Annex B provides a comparison of this
edition to the previous edition, ISO 50001:2011.
