In the context of raising energy prices and growing attention to the environment, ensuring energy efficiency is more and more strategic for businesses and consumers, as well as for policy makers. For this reason, energy audits have a relevant role to play: they are an important tool for organizations to enhance their understanding of their current energy use and monitor it going forwards with the goal of reducing energy consumption.

To guide organizations through their energy audits, CEN has developed EN 16247-1 ‘Energy Audits’, with important contributions from influential energy experts including members of the Energy Institute, Institute of Chemical Engineers, and Energy Services and Technology Association, ESTA.