ISO 50001 Audit Checklist for Energy Management System Requirements

ISO 50001 audit checklists are effective tools for 50001 energy management system (EnMS) implementation and for preparation and conduct of EnMS internal audits or ISO 50001 certification audit. ISO 50001 Audit Checklist can help you, whether you are implementing an energy management system for the first time or updating your current system as per the requirements of ISO 50001:2018.

Our ISO 50001 audit checklist is based on the latest edition of ISO 50001 International Standard. The current edition of ISO 50001 was published in 2018. ISO 5001:2018 specifies the requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining and improving an energy management system to help organizations continually reduce their energy use, and thereby reduce their energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions. This international standard requires an organization to demonstrate that they have improved their energy performance. It also requires the organization to plan and conduct internal audits at pre-defined intervals. Internal audits help organization to assess the effectiveness of energy management system in achieving its objectives and to determine whether all processes within the organization are running effectively according to the requirements of ISO 50001 standard.

ISO 50001 audit checklist is a key element in planning for and carrying out an internal audit, which is a requirement of the ISO 50001 standard. Further, in order to achieve ISO 50001:2018 certification, any organization needs to pass through ISO 50001 audit undertaken by an accredited certification body. ISO 50001 audit checklist will help the organization's managers and other personnel get ready for such certification audit.

This ISO 50001 checklist is composed of a set of questions derived from the energy management system standard requirements. ISO 50001 audit checklist covers all the requirements of ISO 50001:2018 standard to help organizations achieve Energy Management System certificate in quick time. If you are ISO 50001 consultant, you must have this ISO 50001 checklist to verify implemented energy management system as per department wise as well as clause wise requirements of the ISO 50001 standard.

ISO 50001:2018 clause wise audit questions will help organization personnel and EnMS consultants verify the compliance level of the system. ISO 50001 Audit Checklist can be used to assess your organization's readiness for third-party ISO 50001:2018 certification audit.

This ISO 50001 audit checklist has been prepared by a team of energy management system (EnMS) consultants having experience of more than 25 years in ISO and management consultancy in more than 35 countries across the world.

Content of ISO 50001 Audit Checklists

ISO 50001 Audit Checklist is a guide document containing more than five hundred ISO 50001: 2018 clause wise and department wise audit questions that auditor may use while auditing an energy management system based on ISO 50001 standard. Customized ISO 50001 audit checklist for each department can also be prepared easily using this sample audit checklist. These audit questions can be easily modified for making your own ISO 50001 checklist.

This globally used ISO 50001 checklist covers two types of audit checklists which are useful to any organization for ISO 50001:2018 implementation, internal audits and certification

• Part- A: Department wise ISO 50001 Audit Checklist: For ready reference there are questions for ISO 50001 auditing in following departments.


• Energy Management System (EnMS)
• System
• Training
• Purchase


• Part - B: Clause wise ISO 50001 Audit Checklist: It covers ISO 50001 audit questions related to clause wise requirements of ISO 50001:2018 standard.