2024 Energy Management Leadership Awards

Deadline: May 14, 2024

Program Starts: October 01, 2024

Program Ends: October 03, 2024

Projects

Grant

Location(s)

  • Brazil
  • Online

Overview

The Energy Management Leadership Awards recognize leading organizations for their energy management achievements and raise the profile of the ISO 50001 energy management system as a proven, broadly applicable solution to global energy, climate, and decarbonization challenges.

The 2024 Energy Management Leadership Awards are now open!

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Overview 

Countries and organizations are looking for strategies to reduce energy and carbon emissions and a strategic approach to energy management has demonstrated value. Energy efficiency is the least expensive, most quickly deployable, and cleanest of all energy resources.

ISO 50001 Energy management systems – requirements with guidance for use (or simply ‘’ISO 50001’’) is the international energy management standard that represents the efforts of over 50 countries from around the world to develop an international best practice to help organizations better manage energy.

CEM’s Energy Management Leadership Awards are designed to highlight the clear, environmental, energy, and business benefits achieved by diverse types of organizations that invest in energy efficiency and to showcase leading organizations ISO 50001 energy management success.

To qualify for these awards, organizations prepare case studies to share a high-quality and replicable description of their ISO 50001 implementation and certification, resulting business benefits, and useful advice on lessons learned and keys to success.

An independent panel of international energy management experts select the winners.

Why should I apply?

  • Gain global recognition for efficient energy management.
  • Demonstrate commitment and leadership to investors, customers, and employees.
  • Affirm leadership in a global gathering of energy ministers and high-level international organizations.

2024 AWARDS 

The 2024 Energy Management Leadership Awards are now open! View the press release and Official Rules.

To enter, organizations develop a structured case study showing how their energy management system delivers diverse benefits to their company, community, and country. Case studies will be shared online as an inspiration and resource for businesses, governments, and other organizations.

Organizations from around the world in the industrial, commercial, or public sector certified to ISO 50001 may submit an entry.

The program offers three types of recognition:

  • 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 honor organizations submitting top entries from their countries.
  • Energy Management Insight Awards: All qualifying entries will receive this recognition for helping to build global insight on the benefits of energy management systems.

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Eligibility

Candidates should be from:


Description of Ideal Candidate

Who Should Apply

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). Learn more about accredited certification bodies in the FAQs. A copy of this certificate must be included with the submittal of each case study; expired certificates are not accepted. The certificate must be valid throughout the competition and not expire prior to July 30, 2023.
  • 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). If you submit a case study describing ISO 50001 implementation and results for multiple sites, a copy of each relevant site’s ISO 50001 certificate is required. View more guidance on corporate and multi-site entries in the FAQs.
  • 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 2024 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.

Dates

Deadline: May 14, 2024

Program starts:

October 01, 2024

Program ends:

October 03, 2024

Program Starts: October 01, 2024

Program Ends: October 03, 2024


Cost/funding for participants

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.
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