MSS405087Investigate energy management as a business issue

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31 assessable components: 3 elements (10 performance criteria), 1 performance evidence and 16 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 4 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Identify business context for energy management

  • 1.1Identify how and where energy is used in the organisation and the impact on carbon emissions
  • 1.2Determine key drivers of energy costs from business information
  • 1.3Identify key energy market and technology trends that impact the organisation
  • 1.4Identify the current policy and regulatory context for energy management

2 Research the energy management framework

  • 2.1Review the current international standard for energy management and the key requirements of an energy management system
  • 2.2Assess the potential impact and relevance of the standard for business operations and establish the current status of the organisation in relation to energy management
  • 2.3Identify the relationship between energy management and other energy-related concepts and how this impacts operations

3 Determine relevance of energy management to the organisation

  • 3.1Identify and distill key energy management information relevant to the organisation
  • 3.2Use information to generate discussion about energy management opportunities
  • 3.3Identify and document broad energy performance opportunities and risks of inaction

Performance evidence

  • investigated and reported on the status and broad potential of energy management in at least 1 organisation, area of operation or process.

Knowledge evidence

  • energy management key concepts and principles
  • the different ways organisations use energy
  • key drivers of business energy costs
  • current and emerging energy trends: management systems
  • current and emerging energy trends: market
  • current and emerging energy trends: technologies and their comparative carbon emissions
  • current and emerging energy trends: renewables
  • current and emerging energy trends: storage
  • current and emerging public policy context for energy management in the context of the organisation
  • regulatory environment and requirements
  • key features and requirements of ISO 50001 Energy Management Systems, its key stages, and related management system approaches
  • relationship between energy management and other energy-related concepts, including: efficiency
  • relationship between energy management and other energy-related concepts, including: carbon emissions and the concept of fuel switching
  • relationship between energy management and other energy-related concepts, including: sustainability
  • how to identify potential energy management opportunities for organisations
  • risk identification and management.

Foundation skills

  • Reading skills: Reading skills to interpret varied and unfamiliar information
  • Oral communication skills: Oral communication skills to articulate and discuss potentially complex energy management concepts
  • Numeracy skills: Numeracy skills to interpret business financial information to identify energy costs
  • Technology skills: Technology skills to research information using digital media

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