Strategic energy management

How did you figure out those decisions or, like, what this would look like to get it in place?

So I heavily lean on the support around me, so for example, guidance from the Save On Energy program, uh, strategic energy management program, and the most useful advice was to keep it simple, celebrate the small wins, and make sure that people felt recognized.

So the first thing that we did was, uh, we identified energy champions from this corporate energy team, and as soon as I gave up the idea, the facility managers stepped in and said that they could be the energy's champions, and these energy champions would be, like, the point of contact helping in, uh, navigating through this program.

So it sounds like they were already pretty enthusiastic about being part of this contest on their...

It's still a striking gap inside a single company.

Today, we're decoding ISO 50001 and strategic energy management.

If your operation spends five figures or more on electricity each month, this episode applies to you.

By the end, you'll know whether a structured energy management system belong in your operation and where to start.

That's your job.

But my job is to bring you definitive answers to the most consequential energy questions facing commercial and industrial operators like you.

Bottom line on ISO 50001 and the Strategic Energy Management System, the savings come from the management system.

So start with an energy review, energy metrics normalized to production, and a named executive sponsor.

If you have any feedback or ideas for stories we could cover, our email can be found in the notes for this episode.

There's also a link to the Save on Energy website where you can learn more about the strategic energy management program offered by Save on Energy that provided Emily and Joel with support, including coaching, training, and performance incentives.

There's even an instructional video course on identifying the right executive sponsor if you're an energy manager in search of a Joel of your own.

I'm Jay Mullin, and this has been the Energy Manager's Playbook, a podcast from Saved on Energy.