Plan, develop and implement organisational energy performance improvement processes

URN: LANEM20
Business Sectors (Suites): Organisational Environmental Awareness and Management
Developed by: Lantra
Approved on: 30 Mar 2021

Overview

This standard describes the skills and knowledge requirements to plan, develop and implement organisational energy performance improvement processes.  It includes how to manage methods and processes to improve organisational energy performance.

This standard is suitable for:

·        A manager with responsibility for energy management
·        An owner of a small business seeking to improve the energy performance of the organisation
·        An energy management systems co-ordinator or equivalent
·        An energy auditor
·        A consultant providing energy management advice.

This standard covers the planning, development and implementation of processes required to improve organisational energy performance, considering best practice, resources, objectives, and communication required to optimise energy efficiency.

When planning, developing and implementing organisational energy
performance improvement processes, you/the planner needs to have in mind the requirements to protect nature and strengthen ecological resilience, boost resource-efficiency, lower carbon growth and reduce threats to human health and wellbeing.


Performance criteria

You must be able to:

  1. Identify the organisational environmental objectives and targets for energy performance
  2. Plan the development and implementation of improvements processes for organisational energy performance
  3. Confirm the resources required to support the implementation of improvements processes to improve organisational energy performance
  4. Develop the improvement processes in accordance with organisational and current legislative requirements to comply with required timescales and budgets
  5. Implement improvement processes in a manner which enables relevant stakeholders, including those with protected characteristics to contribute
  6. Implement improvement processes in a way which maximises the benefits to the organisation and to the environment.
  7. Monitor and evaluate the implementation of improvement processes in accordance with organisational requirements
  8. Review the improvement processes and use the results to improve future organisational practice
  9. Take action where implementation is not being achieved in accordance with the plans
  10. Communicate the effectiveness of the improvement process to relevant stakeholders, including those with protected characteristics
  11. Establish the impact of the implementation of the improvement processes and the benefits to the organisation and its energy performance

Knowledge and Understanding

You need to know and understand:

  1. The reasons for and benefits of continual improvement of energy performance
  2. How to identify the organisational environmental objectives and targets for energy performance
  3. What is required to plan the development and implementation of organisational energy performance improvement processes
  4. The types and sources of information required for planning the development of the improvement processes
  5. The resource requirements to support the implementation of the improvement processes to improve organisational energy performance
  6. The relevant energy efficiency regulatory and good practice requirements applicable to the organisation
  7. How to recognise the need for, and obtain, additional expertise and information within the required timescales and budget
  8. How to recognise the required skills of relevant stakeholders, including those with protected characteristics, involved in improving organisational energy performance
  9. The process of delivering a measurable, timetabled, and systematic implementation plan
  10. The potential obstacles to improving energy efficiency and how to take them into account during planning
  11. The necessary content of plans to improve energy efficiency
  12. The appropriate presentation of plans for different purposes and different audiences
  13. Reasons for monitoring and evaluating the implementation of the energy performance improvement processes
  14. Methods for monitoring and evaluating the implementation of the energy performance improvement processes
  15. Organisational requirements and procedures for monitoring and evaluating the implementation of the improvement processes
  16. Ways in which the results of the evaluation should be communicated
  17. Types of documentation required for monitoring and evaluating the implementation of the improvement processes

Scope/range


Scope Performance


Scope Knowledge


Values


Behaviours


Skills


Glossary


Links To Other NOS


External Links


Version Number

2

Indicative Review Date

30 Mar 2026

Validity

Current

Status

Original

Originating Organisation

Lantra

Original URN

LANEM10

Relevant Occupations

Environmental Consultant, Manager, Manager in Mineral processing and related occupations, Owner/Manager, Environmental Management Systems Co-ordinator, Energy Auditor

SOC Code

2152

Keywords

impact; assessment; pollution; protect; climate;