Predicting the quantifiable impacts of ISO 50001 on climate change mitigation

McKane, Aimee; Therkelsen, Peter; Scodel, Anna; Rao, Prakash; Aghajanzadeh, Arian; Hirzel, Simon; Zhang, Ruiqin; Prem, Richard; Fossa, Alberto; Lazarevska, A M; Matteini, Marco; Schreck, Bettina; Allard, Fabian; Alcántar, Noé Villegal; Steyn, Karel; Hürdoğan, Ertaç; Björkman, Thomas; O’Sullivan, John

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2017.04.049

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“…The replacement of handwork by machines has enabled the manufacturing sector to dictate the pace of economic growth, and the use of energy played an essential role in this [22]. Currently, considering only the industrial and commercial sectors, energy use is responsible for almost 40% of greenhouse gas emissions [23]. The industrial sector alone is responsible for more than 50% of energy use [24].…”

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“…However, the impact of energy use in production systems historically was not considered in studies on economic growth [25], but energy efficiency and use, and their positive impact on economic growth have been gaining attention in recent years [6,10]. Additionally, energy issues are a relevant source of environmental concern [6, 19,23,26]. The use of non-renewable sources of energy has serious consequences for the environment and society.…”

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Challenges Presented in the Implementation of Sustainable Energy Management via ISO 50001:2011

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Considering the importance of ISO 50001 in sustainable development, the objective of this research is to identify the challenges found by organizations during the implementation of ISO 50001:2011, according to the literature. To address this objective, a systematic search was conducted. Scientific papers from the following international databases were used: Science Direct, Emerald Insight, Scopus, Springer, Wiley, and Taylor and Francis. Permutations of the terms “ISO 50001” and “Challenges”, “Barriers”, “Lacks”, “Gaps”, “Obstacles”, “Problems”, and “Limitations” were searched. Following this strategy, 206 documents were found. After removing book chapters, articles from proceedings, duplicate articles, and articles that did not mention any challenge related to ISO 50001, 17 articles were left. Eleven challenges were found in these articles. The most cited challenges were: “Lack of Resources-Limitations (HR, Technologies, Infrastructure, Financial, Time)”, “Difficulty to determine the energy baseline and energy performance indicators”, “Human Resources deficiencies (competences, knowledges, and abilities)”, and “Lack of management support and/or commitment”. The challenges most cited shows the need for better planning before implementation as well as a comprehensive analysis of the organization’s requirements and features. The findings of this research show that this theme is still underexplored. The results presented can contribute to future industrial policies to potentialize countries’ economies.

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Section: Targets Of the Seventh Goalmentioning

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Challenges Presented in the Implementation of Sustainable Energy Management via ISO 50001:2011

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“…The EnMS energy savings have been analyzed in different settings and geographical areas: Cholette and Venkat [12] focused on the logistic chain for food and beverages in USA; more recently, Jabbour et al [13] analyzed how ISO 50001 can optimize the emissions of CO 2 and the management of the green and low-carbon supply. McKanet et al [14] provided a methodology to assess the impacts of these gas emissions at a national, regional, and global scale. All in all, there is a stream of research devoted to technical issues.…”

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Reasons to Adopt ISO 50001 Energy Management System

Marimón

2017

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Purpose:The main aim of this paper is to analyze the relationships between the corporate motivations that lead organizations to establish the ISO 50001 Energy Management System (EnMS) standard, and the difficulties and benefits derived from its adoption. Design/methodology/approach: Three independent exploratory factor analyses (EFA) were conducted in order to identify (i) sources of motivation: social requirements, ecology drivers, and competitive advantage; (ii) the difficulties of an ISO 50001 adoption: operational difficulties and organizational difficulty; and (iii) types of benefits: ecological benefits and operational benefits. In a second step, an exploratory path analysis, performed through Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), was used to analyze the relations among motivation, difficulties, and benefits related to the adoption of the ISO 50001 standard. Findings: Social requirements explain operational difficulties, which in turn impacts on operational benefits. Ecology drivers are directly related to ecological benefits. Organizational difficulties have an inverse relationship with operational and ecological benefits. Operational difficulties are related to operational benefits and ecological benefits. Research limitations/implications: The questionnaire was disseminated to 87 Spanish companies with ISO 50001 certification. Managers and other practitioners such as consultants, auditing companies, and official organizations in charge of developing standards might find useful implications. Originality/value: The standard was published in 2011 by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). This paper contributes to assessment of the benefits of the standard by collecting information directly from the pioneer organizations that have adopted it, and provides clues on how to implement the standard and improve it in future.

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“…Furthermore, ISO 50,001 can be used as a guide to develop, monitor and improve energy-efficient initiatives (Lopes de Sousa et al, 2017). The ISO 50,001 standard has been used as a national and regional standard in several countries, including Germany, France, Spain, India and China [9]. According to the ISO, ISO 50,001 helps organizations to enhance their corporate image to and reduce the environmental impacts associated with their production operations, while reducing the costs and improving the competitiveness [10].…”

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Energy Efficiency in Public Buildings: A Step toward the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

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Within the context of the UN Sustainable Development Goals for the Agenda 2030, this article aims to explain and understand the usefulness of energy audits and their potential to reveal energy efficiency opportunities in a small public building located in northwestern Mexico. The methodological structure was adopted from the Cleaner Production–Energy Efficiency Manual published by the United Nations Program for the Environment. A case study approach was employed to examine how energy audits might potentially increase energy efficiency opportunities in the participating building. Amongst the findings, the primary source of energy wastage was occupants’ behaviors. Furthermore, this study showed that energy audits could be useful to establish a baseline in situations where previous data were not available, to allow comparisons as well as to identify opportunities in old buildings for the purpose of increasing their energy efficiency performance. As a practical implication of this research, the Sonora government can be in a better position to assist the Mexico federal government in reaching some of the country’s General Law on Climate Change objectives, particularly the one related on cutting down greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by the year 2020, and 50% by the year 2050, compared to those registered in 2000.

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Predicting the quantifiable impacts of ISO 50001 on climate change mitigation

Cited by 48 publications

References 8 publications

Challenges Presented in the Implementation of Sustainable Energy Management via ISO 50001:2011

Challenges Presented in the Implementation of Sustainable Energy Management via ISO 50001:2011

Reasons to Adopt ISO 50001 Energy Management System

Energy Efficiency in Public Buildings: A Step toward the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

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