This document specifies requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining and improving an Energy Management System (EnMS). The intended outcome is to enable an organization to follow a systematic approach in achieving continual improvement of energy performance and the EnMS.

This document:

• is applicable to any organization regardless of its type, size, complexity, geographical location, organizational culture or the products and services it provides;
• is applicable to activities affecting energy performance that are managed and controlled by the organization;
• is applicable irrespective of the quantity, use, or types of energy consumed;
• requires demonstration of continual energy performance improvement, but does not define levels of energy performance improvement to be achieved; and
• 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 edition with the previous edition.

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