London School of Economics Sustainability Manager, Elena Rivilla Lutterkort, presented her journey to ISO 50001 and ESOS compliance with NQA at the Energy Institute’s Environmental Efficiency Conference on Wed 13 Jan 2016, London. Elena used an ISO 14001 to ISO 50001 Gap Guide to progress to compliance. Visit www.nqa.com/iso50001 to find the NQA ISO 14001 to ISO 50001 Gap Analysis download.

1. Implementing ISO 50001 at
the London School of Economics
Energy Institute – Energy Efficiency Conference 2016
Elena Rivilla Lutterkort
Sustainability Officer, LSE

2. About the London School of Economics
• 9,600 students
• 3,300 staff
• Central campus of 30
buildings
• 2 pubs
• 12 Halls of residence
• 17 acres
sportsground

3. Why 50001?
• ESOS Compliance
• Long term ISO 14001
• HEFCE – carbon target 43% reduction by 2020
• The School’s largest environmental impact areas
are:
– Procurement (scope 3 emissions)
– Use of energy (and associated emissions)
• From the existing facilities
• And the future proposed facilities

4. The Certification Process
Three-year Surveillance Cycle:
Continual Improvement
Initial Certification:
Stage 1 Stage 2
Year 1:
Surveillance
Year 2:
Surveillance
Year 3:
Recertification
Kindly
reproduced
with
permission
from NQA

5. The Real Work
Feb 2014
•Mapping gaps 14001 to 50001
•Initial meeting with departments in scope
Mar-Aug 14
•Write new procedures
•Review 14001 procedures
•Approx. 50 hours of lead person time
Aug – Oct
•Internal auditor training
•Internal audits
Nov 14
•Stage 1 Audit
•Passed (just about)
•Corrective Action Reports for Stage 1

6. 14001 / 50001 integration
Environmental
Policy
Energy Policy
Energy and
Carbon
Objectives
Sustainable
Procurement
Policy
Sust. Proc.
Objectives
9 other
Environmental
Objective areas
EMS remit
EnMS remit

7. The Real Work
Dec – Jan 15
• Stage 1 amends
• Scope gaps: Energy Review, targets amendments
Feb – April
15
• Energy Review
• Management Review
• Amends to procedures / internal audits
May 2015
• Stage 2 Audit
• Passed
• Communicate achievements

8. Challenges / What to pay attention to
• Top management buy in
– Certification over a year later: top management had
changed
• Roles and responsibilities
– Restructures / recruitment / inductions
• Energy review
– Didn’t have one at Stage 1 (don’t make the same mistake)
• Target setting
– Had targets and baseline in terms of carbon energy

9. Not all is what it seems
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10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
40,000
45,000
50,000
Energy Usage (MWh)
On-site electricity
Electricity
Fuel
30% increase
in size (m2
GIA)

10. There is a price for everything
Meeting LSE’s targets…
Item Annual Savings Representing
Total Guaranteed
Energy Savings
2,999,460 kWh 11% Reduction against 2011/12
consumption (project baseline)
Total Project Financial
Benefit
£235,834
Total Project Cost £2,326,000 Inc. VAT and contingencies
Total Project Payback
Period
7.22 year Inc. total project cost and 4% energy cost
inflation
Setting up your EnMS system
Approx. £4,000 Depends on size, employees, etc.

11. The Surprise Benefits
• No stone left uncovered effect
– Improved training records & operational controls
– Lifts, a 124 in total!
• 56 fitted with Eco drives
• 7 lifts with expressing
• 73 lifts with LED lighting
– Fear of the unknown (first audit)
• Internal audits with more oomph (compared to
14001)
• Influenced a review of all carbon / energy related
future plans.

12. THANK YOU
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