Follow-up, sharing of experiences and correction are important elements within energy management. It is important that there is a system for capturing deviations, and those corrections happen periodically. In addition, the management should regularly go through the system and evaluate whether the company’s energy policy should be changed.

Related to energy management, this includes the following topics:

• Monitoring and measuring
• Corrective and preventive measures
• Internal audits
• The management’s review and improvements

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Check and Act are continuous processes on overall and process level and should be followed up. This applies to both the energy management system and for energy efficiency improvements.

Key principles for achieving success in the Check and Act processes

Build on the systems you already have, in order to implement an energy conscious culture more easily where controlling and correcting are integrated. Compare regularly regularly the expected and actual energy consumption. In this way, deviations can quickly be detected and corrective measures can be taken. Communicate and document what is needed in terms of the results from monitoring and measurements, defined and identified deviations, corrective and preventive measures and any changes from internal audits and management reviews.