EnMS terms

Electricity, fuels, steam, heat, compressed air, and other similar media

• Energy efficiency

• Energy

• Energy consumption

• Energy use

Statement by the organization of its overall intention(s), direction(s), and commitment(s) related to its energy performance, as formally expressed by top management

• Energy management team

• Energy review

• Energy policy

• Energy target

Person(s) with responsibility and authority for the effective implementation of an energy management system and for delivering energy performance improvement

• Top management

• Energy management team

• Energy performance indicator

• Energy review analyst

Application of energy (Examples: ventilation, lighting, heating, cooling, transportation, data storage, production process)

• Energy consumption

• Energy use

• Energy efficiency

• Energy performance

Quantity of energy applied

• Energy efficiency

• Energy use

• Energy consumption

• Energy performance

Ratio or other quantitative relationship between an output of performance, service, goods, commodities, or energy, and an input of energy (Examples: conversion efficiency, energy required/energy consumed)

• Energy consumption

• Energy performance

• Energy efficiency

• Energy use

Energy use accounting for substantial energy consumption and/or offering considerable potential for energy performance improvement

• Energy baseline

• Significant energy use (SEU)

• Energy target

• Relevant variable

Analysis of energy efficiency, energy use, and energy consumption based on data and other information, leading to identification of SEUs and opportunities for energy performance improvement

• Energy performance indicator

• Energy review

• Energy policy

• Energy target

Action taken to eliminate a detected nonconformity

• Corrective action

• Preventive action

• Correction

• Normalization

Action to eliminate the cause of a nonconformity and to prevent recurrence

• Correction

• Preventive action

• Corrective action

• Normalization