ISo 50001:2018([E) Energy management systems - Requirements with guidance for use

ISo 50001:2018([E) Energy management systems - Requirements with guidance for use 1Scope This document specifies requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining and improving anenergy management system (EnMS). The intended outcome is to enable an organization to follow asystematic approach in achieving continual improvement of energy performance and the EnMS. This document: a) is applicable to any organization regardless of its type, size, complexity, geographical location, organizational 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 quantity,use, or types of energy consumed; d) requires demonstration of continual energy performance improvement, but does not define levels of energy performance improvement to be achieved; e) can be used independently, or be aligned or integrated with other management systems. Annex A provides guidance for the use of this document.Annex B provides a comparison of this editionwith the previous edition. 2Normative references There are no normative references in this document. 3Terms and definitions For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply. ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:—ISO online browsing platform: available at https:.//www.iso.org/obp —IEC Electropedia: available at https://www.electropedia.org/