Getting Municipal Energy Management Systems ISO 50001 Certified: A Study with 28 European Municipalities
Sustainability 2021
Jan Kaselofsky, Marika Rošā, Anda Jēkabsone, Solenne Favre, Gabriel Loustalot, Michaël Toma, Jose Pablo Delgado Marín, Manuel Moreno Nicolás, Emanuele Cosenza

Managing energy use by municipalities should be an important part of local energy and climate policy. The ISO 50001 standard constitutes an internationally recognized catalogue of requirements for systematic energy management. Currently, this standard is mostly implemented by companies. Our study presents an approach where consultants supported 28 European municipalities in establishing energy management systems. A majority (71%) of these municipalities had achieved ISO 50001 certification by the end of our study. We also conducted two surveys to learn more about motivations and challenges when it comes to establishing municipal energy management systems. We found that organizational challenges and resource constraints were the most important topics in this regard. Based on the experiences in our study we present lessons learned regarding supporting municipalities in establishing energy management systems.


Atslēgas vārdi
Challenges | Energy management | ISO 50001 | Local climate and energy policy | Motivations
DOI
10.3390/su13073638
Hipersaite
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/7/3638

Kaselofsky, J., Rošā, M., Jēkabsone, A., Favre, S., Loustalot, G., Toma, M., Marín, J., Nicolás, M., Cosenza, E. Getting Municipal Energy Management Systems ISO 50001 Certified: A Study with 28 European Municipalities. Sustainability, 2021, Vol. 13, No. 7, Article number 3638. ISSN 2071-1050. Pieejams: doi:10.3390/su13073638

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