Deadline: 16-Mar-23
Nominations are now open for the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) Energy Management Leadership Awards that brings high-profile government recognition and media attention to organizations that transform the way they use energy.
These awards raise global awareness of the benefits of energy management, helping accelerate broad implementation of these proven systems to help meet organizational, national and global energy and climate goals.
The Energy Management Leadership Awards is managed by Energetics Incorporated, which served as the awards administrator for the CEM’s former Energy Management Working Group (EMWG).
Categories
- CEM Award of Excellence in Energy Management
- The top entries will receive the prestigious Award of Excellence. This global award brings high-profile government recognition and media attention to organizations that transform the way they use energy. The award aims to acknowledge organizations of various sizes, types, sectors, and geographies.
- National Energy Management Awards
- Governments may decide to honor organizations submitting top entries from their countries.
- Energy Management Insight Awards
- All qualifying entries will be recognized for helping to build global insight on EnMS benefits.
Benefits
- Gain prestigious, global recognition for efficient energy management.
- Demonstrate your clean energy leadership to investors, customers, and employees.
- Affirm your organization’s leadership in a global gathering of energy ministers and high-level international organizations.
Global Recognition
- CEM Award of Excellence recipients will be recognized at the 2023 Clean Energy Ministerial meeting in Goa, India, to be held the week of 17 July 2023. Recipients of the CEM Award of Excellence, National Awards, and Insight Awards will be announced in a press release through the CEM. In addition, participating governments will bestow national honors on the organizations with the top entries from their countries. Participating government agencies will determine how and when to formally recognize their national winners. Case studies will be shared online as an inspiration and resource for other organizations.
Eligibility Criteria
- Organizations certified to ISO 50001 are invited to submit case studies for recognition. Each entry will describe how ISO 50001 implementation occurred within the organization and resulting business benefits. Entries will undergo a juried selection process by a committee of experts from around world. Selection will take place in March-May 2023; award recipients will be publicly announced in July 2023.
- Organizations from around the world in the industrial, commercial, or public sector certified to ISO 50001 may submit an entry:
- ISO 50001 certificates must be issued by third-party certification bodies that are accredited by Accreditation Bodies that are members of the International Accreditation Forum (IAF).
- Entries may feature ISO 50001 implementation at a corporate level, multi-site, or single facility, as noted on the ISO 50001 certificate. Entries at any of these levels (corporate, multi-site, or single facility) are welcome and encouraged. A case study that addresses a corporate energy management system with multiple sites included within the scope of the ISO 50001 certificate needs to cover the entire full scope of the certification (i.e., not a subset of the sites).
- Energy performance improvement results must be included case studies. Projected results are not accepted.
- For organizations that have participated in this awards program in previous years:
- Previous award recipients may enter the 2023 awards program if the scope and boundaries of the EnMS have changed (e.g., an expanded scope from single facility to multiple or certification of a different facility within the organization) or after recertification to ISO 50001. The program does not accept re-entry of case studies that received awards from this program in past years (i.e., revised versions of case studies that address the same scope and boundaries and include the same ISO 50001 certificates).
- Organizations that have previously won an Award of Excellence in Energy Management are not eligible for the 2023 Award of Excellence but may receive an Insight Award.
- Eligibility to participate in the competition is subject to confirmation by the Awards Administrator, based on the stated criteria and consistency with any applicable legal or policy constraints of the relevant funding agency or agencies. The Awards Administrator reserves the right to exclude from further consideration any entrant deemed ineligible.
Evaluation Criteria
- Your case study should demonstrate the business case for using an EnMS certified to ISO 50001 and provide useful insights to help others understand the key steps in setting up and maintaining an EnMS.
- Case study provides:
- Insightful description of how an EnMS can be tailored to meet the specific goals and circumstances of an organization (whether the organization is experienced or new to EnMS, pursuing initial certification or recertification, or implementing at a single site or multiple sites).
- Insight on how to implement an EnMS, assess progress, and ensure continual improvement.
- Insight on the use of energy measurement data to guide planning and decision-making to achieve and maintain energy performance improvements.
- Compelling business case for the use of an ISO 50001-certified EnMS (based on varied benefits and related labor or capital investments).
- Clear linkage on using ISO 50001 to decarbonize operations.
For more information, visit Clean Energy Ministerial.