CSA ISO 50004:21

CSA Preface

This is the second edition of CSA ISO 50004, Energy management systems — Guidance for the implementation, maintenance and improvement of an ISO 50001 energy management system, which is an adoption without modification of the identically titled ISO (International Organization for Standardization) Standard 50004 (second edition, 2020-06). It supersedes the previous edition, published in 2015 as CAN/CSA-ISO 50004 (adopted ISO 50004:2014).

This Standard is intended to be used in conjunction with CSA ISO 50001:19, Energy management systems — Requirements with guidance for use (adopted ISO 50001:2018).

This Standard has been developed in compliance with Standards Council of Canada requirements for National Standards of Canada. It has been published as a National Standard of Canada by CSA Group.

Scope

This document gives practical guidelines and examples for establishing, implementing, maintaining and improving an energy management system (EnMS) in accordance with the systematic approach of ISO 50001:2018. The guidance in this document is applicable to any organization.

This document does not provide guidance on how to develop an integrated management system.

While the guidance in this document is consistent with the requirements of ISO 50001:2018, it does not provide interpretations of those requirements.