Promote Energy Efficiency within Sustainable Business Practice
Overview
This standard is about developing policies and guidelines that will improve and develop energy efficiency for an organisation. It also includes being able to determine levels of energy usage, identifying opportunities for improving energy efficiency, and promoting programmes to improve energy efficiency within an organisation. The standard promotes the use of energy from low carbon and renewable sources.
This standard would be appropriate for:
1 A manager with responsibility for energy efficiency
2 An owner manager of a business seeking to improve energy efficiency for the organisation
3 An individual with a specific brief to improve energy efficiency
4 A consultant providing advice on energy usage and efficiency
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
P1 establish current levels of energy usage for activities undertaken by the organisation
P2 identify the legal requirements that control the use of energy and the generation of carbon
P3 benchmark organisational energy usage to identify opportunities for reducing energy usage and for improving energy efficiency
P4 identify benefits associated with reducing energy usage and improving energy efficiency
P5 specify efficiency targets and performance indicators for each area of energy usage
P6 identify potential barriers that may limit energy efficiency
P7 specify the monitoring procedures and their frequency to control energy efficiency
P8 identify opportunities for sourcing renewable energy
P9 advise on the design of processes and products to help minimise energy requirements
P10 promote and support the implementation of efficiency measures for all areas of energy usage
P11 promote the application of low carbon energy in support of organisational activities
P12 define and allocate roles/responsibilities in support of the implementation and management of measures to improve energy efficiency
P13 identify training needs and organise training for those responsible for implementing energy efficiency measures
P14 develop and implement strategy to overcome barriers that limit the
impact of energy efficiency measures
P15 establish methods to evaluate the impact of energy efficiency measures
P16 support the implementation of energy usage monitoring, evaluation and control procedures
P17 evaluate the impact of measures to improve energy efficiency and assess the system-wide impact of individual changes
P18 specify, communicate and promote benefits achieved through efficiency measures
Knowledge and Understanding
You need to know and understand:
K1 climate change legislation and how it controls organisational energy usage
K2 government targets, international tragets and legal requirements for carbon reduction and climate change and their implications
K3 how energy consumption impacts on climate change
K4 the role of energy efficiency in achieving sustainability
K5 the benefits of energy efficiency to the organisation
K6 how energy efficiency can help reduce carbon emissions
K7 how to use carbon footprints as a measure of energy efficiency
K8 the principles of energy efficiency benchmarking as a method of identifying opportunities for improving energy efficiency
K9 sources of renewable energy including options for on-site energy generation
K10 the benefits that low carbon energy offers
K11 the relationship between energy and power, how they are measured and how the units of measurement relate to each other
K12 how to establish current levels of energy usage for all organisational activities across the whole of a product life cycle in respect to both simple and complex systems
K13 areas of energy usage and opportunities for improving energy efficiency
K14 how to assess the system-wide impact of individual changes in energy usage
K15 energy displacement and how it can impact on energy efficiency measures
K16 how to develop targets and performance indicators for energy efficiency
K17 how to monitor and control energy efficiency
K18 the barriers that can limit energy efficiency and the strategies that can be used to overcome these barriers
K19 how process and product design can impact on energy efficiency
K20 how effective process control and quality assurance can support energy efficiency
K21 how to complete an organisational cost and benefit analysis in respect to energy efficiency measures
K22 methods for promoting organisational energy efficiencies
K23 how to monitor, control and maintain sustainable energy usage
K24 how to define and allocate roles and responsibilities for all those involved in improving energy efficiency
Scope/range
Benchmark – a comparative measure of an organisation against industry best practice
Energy usage including for example: heating, ventilation, refrigeration, plant and equipment usage, transportation, lighting, etc. It should include usage in both simple and complex systems
Barriers can be economic, practical, social or legal
Energy efficiency can be measured in relation to carbon emissions at any given stage in the production process, energy use per unit of output
Activities incorporate for example: purchasing, supply, production, storage, packaging, transport and all aspects of business support
Roles and responsibilities for: production staff, product developers, buyers, sales staff, customers and contractors
Benefits can be social, economic and environmental
Legal requirements: Local, National and European