Energy Audit of the company according to requirements of the Act of May 20, 2016 on energy efficiency
On October 25, 2012, Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council was passed, which imposed a number of obligations on EU Member States aimed at improving energy efficiency.
One of them – implemented in Poland in the Act of May 20, 2016 on energy efficiency – there is an obligation for enterprises that are not MSMEs, i.e. large enterprises, to conduct an energy audit once every 4 years, in accordance with the requirements of the Act of May 20, 2016 on energy efficiency.
The Act entered into force on October 1, 2016. Within 12 months from the date of entry into force of the Act, all enterprises that are not MSMEs are obliged to perform an energy audit of the enterprise and send information to the Energy Regulatory Office about its performance and possible savings resulting from the audit .
Energy audit of the company in accordance with the requirements of the Act of May 20, 2016 on energy efficiency:
is a procedure that aims to:
- obtaining adequate knowledge of the energy consumption of a given building or group of buildings, or an industrial or commercial installation or service,
- determining how and in what quantities it is possible to achieve cost-effective energy savings;
should be carried out on the basis of current, measured and identifiable data on energy consumption and, in the case of electricity, power demand;
- it should contain a detailed overview of energy consumption in buildings or groups of buildings, in industrial installations and in transport;
- should be based, if possible, on a life cycle cost analysis of a building or group of buildings and industrial installations, and not on the payback period.
- It is carried out by an entity independent of the audited entrepreneur with appropriate knowledge and professional experience in conducting such audits, or by the entrepreneur’s experts, provided that they are not directly involved in the audited activity of this entrepreneur – which excludes the possibility of conducting an energy audit of a given company by its technical staff.
For failure to conduct an energy audit of the company Act of May 20, 2016 on energy efficiency provides for penalties. The fine for failing to conduct an audit may not be higher than 5% of the penalized entrepreneur’s revenue earned in the previous tax year (e.g. a large enterprise with a turnover of EUR 50 million may be fined PLN 9 million).
The following will be exempted from the obligation to perform an energy audit of the company once every 4 years:
enterprises with an energy management system specified in the Polish Standard on energy management systems, user requirements and recommendations, provided that an energy audit of the enterprise was carried out as part of this system in the enterprise enterprises with an environmental management system referred to in Art. 2 points 13 of Regulation (EC) No. 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the voluntary participation of organizations in the Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS), provided that an energy audit of the enterprise was carried out under this scheme in the company
EnMS Polska professionally and successfully carries out comprehensive energy audits of enterprises, which has been confirmed by numerous References issued by our clients from various industries.
