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1. Reflections on the potential global impact of ISO
50001 and the evolution of new energy standards
2nd International Conference on the Global impact of
Energy Management Systems “Creating the right
environment for ISO 50001 to thrive”
4th May 2012 - The Mansion House, Dublin / Ireland
Rob Steele
ISO Secretary-General
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2. ISO – A Global System Updated January 2012
163 national members
5 000 people
98% of world GNI
97% of world population
Over 600
Collection of 19 023 organizations in
ISO Standards liaison
Customer
1 208 standards
produced
Vision Internal
in 2011 Financial & Process
Strategy
215 active TCs Central
3 335 technical Learning Growth Secretariat
bodies in Geneva
100 000 experts 151 FTE staff
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5. World Energy Outlook 2012
“As we do each year, we analyse a
single fuel, this time energy
efficiency. We take a
comprehensive look at the
strategies to unlock the potential
of energy efficiency and unleash
real gains for energy security,
economic growth and the
environment. “
Preview for the IEA World Energy Outlook – available November, 2012
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6. 50001 and business ….
Sales
Less expenses
= Profit
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7. The Boss
must get
involved ….
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8. Business Benefits of 50001
 Efficient components = efficiency gains in the range of 2-5% (best case)
 System optimization = average system efficiency gains of 20-30%
 Case studies already show payback on investment or gains from zero capex
 Mindset to actively manage / improve energy use, output and costs
 Helps reduce emissions without negative effect on operations
 Document savings for internal and external use (e.g. emission credits)
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9. Some early adoptors of ISO 50001
 Delta Electronics – Dongguan,  Reduced power consumption by 10.5 MWh
China Jan-May, 2011 vs. Jan-May 2010
 Schneider Electric Head Office ,  Enforces leader position in energy
France management
 AU Optronics 8.5G TFT-LED  Expect 10% energy conservation in 2011
fabrication plant, Taiwan, Province (saving approx 55MWh)
of China
 Municipality of Bad Eisenkappel (2  Expect 25% decrease in electricty consumption
400 inhabitants), Austria (updating waste water plant, street lights to
LED)
 Dahanu Power Station, India  Operational review of all major equipment,
targeted investment. Savings estimated at INR
96.4 million per annum
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10. So what has the uptake of the standard been ….
 Over 1 300 copies sold since launch in
June 2011
 One of the top ten publications sold by
ISO/CS
 Over 190 certifications in 26 countries at
the beginning of April 2012
 Publicized at the World Economic Forum,
2011
 Promotion by ISO members and partners
 Training programmes
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11. 50001 and government ….. a basic
argument for encouraging 50001
 35% of worldwide final use of energy by industry
… more than 50% in developing countries
 …estimated potential to decrease energy intensity
by 26%
 Energy efficiency awareness poor amongst large
and small business managers / owners
 Therefore lack of culture and motivation of plant-
managers
 Cost of good energy management incentives vs.
Cost of investment in infrastructure
 Often missing or ineffective policy measures and
incentives to encourage energy efficiency
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12. Why government should assist national involvement
in International Standards on energy management
 Promote good energy management practices
 Supporting scientific cooperation and possible
harmonization of public policies
 Help improve consumers and users
understanding and confidence
 Avoiding unnecessary technical barriers to
trade related to energy policies
 Enable creation of world markets for energy
efficient technologies
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13. Which governments are focusing on the issue ….
 Energy efficiency is now a major focus of G-8 meetings and is
recognized by the International Energy Agency as a primary source
of short-term GHG emission reductions
 China initiated plan to reduce energy use 20% per unit of GDP over
2005 levels by 2010 focus on Top 1000 industrial enterprises
 Rio+20
 The USA plan to raise its energy efficiency until 2015 by 30%
compared to 2003
 In 2007, the EU has set itself a target for saving 20 % of its energy
consumption by 2020.
 Ireland has set out a National Energy Efficiency Action Plan to
reduce energy demand by 2020 by 20% in the private, by 33% in
the public sector
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14. So what is the future …. Evolution of new energy standards
 20 ISO Technical Committees involved in aspects of energy efficiency and renewables
 ISO Strategic advisory group (SAG) on Energy efficiency and renewable energy sources
 ISO/IEC JTC 2 Joint Project Committee – Energy efficiency and renewable energy sources –
Common terminology
 Industrial energy efficiency (e.g. ISO/TCs 17, 86, 115, 117, 118, 203, 244)
 Increase of efficiency of road vehicles and tyres (ISO/TC 22, partnership with UNECE WP 29
and ITF)
 Energy efficiency of buildings (ISO/TC 163 and ISO/TC 205)
 ISO/TC 238 on solid biofuels and ISO/PC 248 on sustainability criteria for bioenergy
 New committees: ISO/TC 265 Carbon capture and storage, ISO/TC 263 Coalbed methane,
ISO/TC 255 Biogas
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15. TC 242 - Evolution of new energy standards
After ISO 50001 was published ISO Project committee 242 was converted
to ISO/TC 242 and the following WGs created:
 ISO/TC 242/WG 1 Energy Management
 ISO/TC 242/WG 2 Energy performance metrics
 ISO/TC 242/WG 3 Joint TC 242 - TC 257 WG: Measurement &
verification of organizational energy performance -
General principles and guidelines
 ISO/TC 242/WG 4 Opportunities for Improvement
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16. TC 242 – New projects approved
 ISO/AWI 17570 Energy Baseline General Principles and Guidance
 ISO/AWI 17578 Energy Performance indicators (EnPIs) General Principles and Guidance
 ISO/AWI 17579 Guidance for the Implementation, Maintenance and Improvement of an EnMS
 ISO/AWI 17580 Monitoring, measurement, analysis and verification of organizational energy
performance
 ISO/AWI 17590 Energy audits
 ISO/AWI 17595 Energy management system audits and auditor competency
 ISO/NP 17866 Energy management systems – Modular implementation of the energy
management system
 ISO 50001 including the use of energy performance evaluation techniques
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17. ISO standardization supporting
renewable energy sources
 ISO Technical Committees specifically
involved: Solar Energy, Hydrogen
Technologies, Geothermal
 1 Joint Working Group with IEC on
Wind Turbines
 ISO/PC 248, Sustainability criteria
for bioenergy preparing the future
standard ISO 13065
 ISO/IEC JTC 2 Joint Project Committee –
Energy efficiency and renewable energy
sources – Common terminology
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18. Impact for Developing Countries
 Energy pricing and the possible impact on developing a
significant concern
 Some least developed countries use twice as much energy per unit
of economic output as OECD countries and are not as efficient in
converting energy to output
 Sustained USD 20 bbl delivers an equivalent 1,47% loss of GDP for
many countries (0.2% - 0.4% in GDP for many but up to 4% of GDP
for poorest countries – World Bank study 2011)
1 UNDP/ESMAP, 2005
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19. Confidence has a nickname …
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