These are the tasks most frequently carried out in organisations that practice energy management but the last two pointers are considered elements of best practice yet appear well down the list. However experienced the organisation is at managing its energy, there is always room for improvement through training and professional recognition.

• How much energy could be saved for the business in the long term?
• What impact would saving energy have on the business from a financial perspective?
• Have the areas been identified in the business that need to be improved or completely changed?
• How efficiency can be improved in the business?
• What activities lead to consumption of energy in the business?
• What are the current issues with energy consumption in the business?
• Who is responsible for managing energy efficiency in the business?
• How much energy does the business currently use?

Those organisations that have a clear energy policy in place are likely to be achieving this is via effective energy management.  A strong energy policy and procurement framework will allow businesses to identify past, present and future energy consumption as well as the development of an energy monitoring process.

Building Energy Management Systems (BEMS) that are well functioned, and implemented provide the monitoring interface to log the past, display the present and track the future energy consumption in a building.