LBNL Energy & Water
Management System
Background
ISO 50001 is an international standard for managing an organization’s energy performance.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) has implemented ISO 50001 as a way to ensure its energy and water management activities and efficiency savings are strategic, effective, and persistent.
LBNL was certified to ISO 50001 in September, 2020, after receiving DOE ISO 50001 Ready recognition in June, 2020.
Learn more about LBNL’s ISO 50001 Implementation
Operational Manual
LBNL's Energy & Water Management System (EWMS) Manual is the most critical piece of its ISO 50001 Program. LBNL makes this manual publicly available to serve as a resource for other organizations pursuing ISO 50001 and working to reduce energy and water consumption.
The manual --
Comprehensively documents every aspect of the system
Provides a day-to-day resource for staff, ensuring that activities are persistent, consistent, and integrated with Lab operations
Links out to the network of documents, systems, and data that define the program, serving as a road map for team members by providing quick access to the information and resources needed to do their work
Maps the ISO 50001 requirements to LBNL operational processes
“This is clearly one of the more robust and well thought out energy/water management systems and should be a model for other complex organizations implementing ISO 50001.”
- LBNL’s ISO 50001 Certification Report, Sept 2020