Generic 50001 Internal Audit Checklist
Generic 50001 Internal Audit Checklist
2 Normative reference 2
Teaching Points:
Is there a systematic, independent and documented internal auditing This definition refers to the internal audit and is pointed out because the
CHECK 3.3.8 22 audit process for obtaining audit evidence and evaluating it objectively to
definition requires a documented process.
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determine the extent to which the audit criteria are fulfilled?
Has the organization determined external and internal issues that are
relevant to its purpose and that affect its ability to achieve the Think about what impact your ability to successfully implement your
Understanding the organization and its intended outcome(s) of its EnMS and improve its energy EnMS.
PLAN 4.1 1 context performance?
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Has the organization has identified and recorded interested parties The main point of "interested parties" is to ensure that you have
relevant to its energy performance and the EnMS? considered who can impact or be impacted by the operations of your
Have the needs, expectations and requirements of these interested
EnMS. Typical interested parties include: government agencies, local
parties have been identified and recorded? community groups, your customers, your suppliers, your contractors,
corporate offices, trade associations and others.
Understanding the needs and
PLAN 4.2 2 expectations of interested parties
Has the organization determined applicable legal and other 7
requirements relevant to its EnMS and its energy performance? Please note that the ISO 50001:2018 standard is an "other" requirement
-Including how these requirements relate and apply to energy for the EnMS as the organization is required to follow this.
efficiency, energy use and energy consumption
Does the organization have a process to periodically review legal and Leverage the knowledge of your environmental staff here. They have to
other requirements at a define interval? answer the same type questions and they is very likely overlap.
Is there evidence that the scope and boundaries for the EnMS have
been defined and documented? Internal and external issues in 4.1 and legal and other requirements in
-The organization must have the authority to control the energy
Determining the scope of the energy 4.2 must be considered when determining the scope of the EnMS.
PLAN 4.3 3 management system
efficiency, energy use and energy consumption within the defined
Typically, property boundaries and GOOGLE Maps are good resources
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scope and boundaries.
-No energy types within the scope and boundaries may be to show the EnMS scope and boundaries.
excluded
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5 Leadership 11
Interview a number of personnel in the office and the plant floor to see
if they have an awareness of the site energy policy.
Has an Energy Management team been approved and established? The energy team leader and the energy team are who get things done
Is there a team roster? for top management in the day to day operations of the EnMS. People at
Is there evidence of meeting minutes? your site should know that there is an energy team and who the energy
5.1 g) Are team roles and responsibilities established and documented? team leader is. The energy team helps to ensure the effectiveness of the
Organizational roles, responsibilities and EnMS.
PLAN 5.1 i) 6 authorities
Does the energy team have the authority and responsibility to: 14
-establish, implement, maintain and continually improve the EnMS
5.3 -ensure the EnMS conforms to the 50001 standard It is a good idea to have a memo on company letterhead from top
-implement action plans to continually improve energy management designating who the Energy Management team leader is
performance improvement and their authority and responsibilities. This makes this point easily
-reports these items to top management? auditable.
6 Planning 15
Does the organization address risk and opportunities that will: Task 7 here builds on Task 1 and 2 above. The planning for the EnMS
-ensure that the EnMS can achieve intended outcomes
-prevent or reduce undesired effects
must address risk and opportunity. The key to is do an intentional review
-achieve continual improvement of the EnMS and energy to plan ahead for possible landmines to your EnMS and take action to
performance avoid these.
PLAN 6.1 7 Actions to address risks and opportunities 16
Does the organization plan to: A good internal audit question to ask here:
-Take actions to address applicable risks and opportunities "Please show me an example of one of your risks to the EnMS and
-Integrate these actions into the EnMS and energy performance
processes explain what the risk is, your actions to avoid it and the effectiveness of
-Evaluate the effectiveness of these actions your actions. Did your planning, in fact, help you to avoid this risk?"
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Did the energy review include: The energy review is critical and the resulting information feeds many of
-Identification of energy types the downstream processes of the EnMS. Knowing what energy comes
-evaluation of current and past energy use and consumption into the site and where it goes is critical information.
Energy review
-estimation of future energy uses and consumption
PLAN 6.3 8 and specifically, sections 6.3. a) and 6.3. The organization should be able to readily show an auditor its methods
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Is the energy review updated at defined intervals, as well as in
e) for the energy review and the results. Two key pies chart showing energy
response to major changes in facilities, systems, or energy-using
processes? types into the site and energy uses (i.e. where the energy goes) are good
tools for showing energy review results.
Are the methods and criteria for conducting the energy review and the
actual energy review results maintained as documented information?
Does the organization determine the following items for BOTH energy
performance and the EnMS:
-What needs to be monitored and measured, to include at a
minimum:
*Effectiveness of action plans
*Energy Performance Indicators (EnPIs)
*Operation of the SEUs
*Actual versus expected energy consumption This is similar to data collection, and that is why it is included in Task 8
-The methods for monitoring, measurement, analysis and .
evaluation, as applicable to ensure valid results It is key to understand that throughout the ISO 50001 standard, data,
9.1 Monitoring, measurement, analysis -When the monitoring and measurement are performed monitoring, measuring, analysis, evaluation and improvement always
and evaluation of energy performance -When the results from monitoring and measurement are
apply to BOTH the operation of the EnMS and the energy performance.
PLAN 9.1.1 8 and the EnMS analyzed and evaluated? 19
9.1.1 General Does the organization evaluate its energy performance and maintain There are a lot of requirements for Task 8 surrounding the collection,
the results as documented information. monitoring, measuring, analyzing, evaluating, reviewing and updating
-Is the improvement in energy performance evaluated by energy data.
comparing applicable EnPI values with associated EnBs?
Does the organization, based on the energy review analysis, Identify The energy review is critical for many of the downstream processes of
its significant energy users (SEUs)
the EnMS. Knowing what energy comes into the site and where it goes is
Does the organization identify the following for each SEU: critical information. Selection of just a few SEUs in important as there is
Energy Review lots of associated work with SEUs.
*Relevant variables
PLAN 6.3 9 and specifically, sections 6.3. b) and 6.3.
*Current energy performance 20
*Persons working under the organizations control that have SEUs can be facilities, equipment, processes or systems.
c)
influence or who can affect the SEUs?
Whenever the energy review is updated, did the organization also SEUs may change over time as improvements are implemented or
review the selection of SEUs? operational processes change.
Are these objectives and energy targets: Objectives and energy targets are the next tier down and tend to be
- consistent with the energy policy somewhat more specific than the energy policy.
- measurable
Objectives, energy targets and planning - consistent with legal and other requirements They should support the goals of the energy policy and reflects the
6.2.1 to achieve them - reflective of consideration of SEUs
operations of the EnMS and the processes to improve energy
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6.2.2 - Objectives - part of the monitoring and measurement plan performance.
- Energy Targets - approved by top management
- communicated to the organization As part of and internal audit, interviews of office and plant personnel
- updated as appropriate? should include a questions on awareness about any site energy
objectives or targets.
Are the objectives and energy targets maintained as documented
information?
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7 Support 26
8 Operation 31
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Another way to look at this: Is there evidence that the organization's If there is a new capital project to add a process line or a new building,
design team considers the impact of energy when designing new then the design team for this new project must take energy into account
things?
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Is there evidence that the results of this consideration are
incorporated, as appropriate, into the actual design, specifications, It is good to engage design personnel with the energy team.
and procurement activities for the relevant projects?
Is there evidence that records of the results of this design activity are
maintained as documented information?
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9 Performance Evaluation 35
Does the organization determine the following items for BOTH energy
performance and the EnMS:
-What needs to be monitored and measured, to include at a
minimum:
*Effectiveness of action plans
*Energy Performance Indicators (EnPIs)
*Operation of the SEUs
*Actual versus expected energy consumption
-The methods for monitoring, measurement, analysis and
evaluation, as applicable to ensure valid results
Tasks 20 and 21 are closely related to Task 8 - Data Collection.
9.1 Monitoring, measurement, analysis -When the monitoring and measurement are performed
20 and evaluation of energy performance -When the results from monitoring and measurement are This is where the organization measures its performance of BOTH the
CHECK 9.1.1 and the EnMS analyzed and evaluated? EnMS and energy. 36
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9.1.1 General Does the organization evaluate its energy performance and maintain
the results as documented information.
-Is the improvement in energy performance evaluated by
comparing applicable EnPI values with associated EnBs?
Is there evidence that outputs from the management review include: Management review meeting agendas and meeting minutes are good to
1) changes in the energy performance of the organization review as part of the internal audit process.
2) changes to the energy policy
3) changes to the EnPIs and EnBs
4) changes to objectives, targets or other elements of the EnMS,
consistent with continual improvement;
5) changes to allocation of resources
6) opportunities to integrate with business processes
7) improvements to competence, awareness and communication
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Objectives are set up to ensure that the policy goal(s) are met
Targets are set up to ensure that the objectives are met. These may be annual targets.
Action plans are the details of who, what, when, where, and how the energy improvement is
accomplished and verified. Depending on the complexity, a target may have one or more action
plans.
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