Introduction

The SEEC 50001 Ready Program provides organizations with step-by-step guidance on how to integrate proven energy management best practices into their operations and business systems. This step-by-step guidance is found in the SEEC 50001 Ready Navigator, a freely available and interactive online resource that contains details of 25 tasks on how to develop and maintain a world-class energy management system based on the principles of ISO 50001:2018. The SEEC 50001 Ready Navigator helps organizations begin and continually improve along their own energy management journey.

Organizations with facilities physically located within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) that complete all 25 tasks and submit energy data can apply for recognition from SEEC. The SEEC 50001 Ready designation is valid for three years from the date that SEEC issues recognition for the successful facility. To maintain their designation in good standing, facilities must submit an updated energy performance status report at the end of year 1 and year 2. At the end of year 3, facilities will be required to re-apply to the program.

Unlike ISO 50001, SEEC 50001 Ready does not require audits. While completion of all 25 tasks in the SEEC 50001 Ready Navigator does not indicate ISO 50001 certification, it does reinforce the processes and documentation needed if the organization pursues ISO 50001 certification in the future.

Overview of SEEC 50001 Ready Recognition Requirements

SEEC offers recognition to KSA organizations that complete the following three steps:

1. Complete the 25 tasks in the SEEC 50001 Ready Navigator and submit evidence of task completion for some Navigator tasks.
2. Submit energy consumption and/or energy performance data.
3. Self-declare to SEEC 50001 Ready Completion.

Details on each of these three steps are provided in the 50001 Ready Recognition Requirements section of this web page. This section also describes the recognition process and exemptions from certain requirements for facilities that are currently certified to ISO 50001.

Benefits of Being Recognized by SEEC as 50001 Ready

Organizations that achieve SEEC 50001 Ready recognition will position themselves to be among the region’s leaders using structured energy management systems to improve how they do business.

SEEC will recognize all SEEC 50001 Ready facilities. Organizations will be given the opportunity to share more information about their SEEC 50001 Ready experience to help SEEC promote their accomplishments, but this is not required for SEEC recognition.

Request SEEC 50001 Ready Recognition

In order to request SEEC 50001 Ready program recognition, organizations should download the templates for each program requirement in the table below. Once the templates are completed, organizations should use the “Upload” buttons in the table below to submit the signed self-declaration form, the completed energy performance status report, and the completed evidence file of select task completion.

SEEC 50001 Ready Recognition Requirements

Initial Recognition

For first-time recognition, facilities physically located within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are required to complete three key steps:

1. Complete the 25 tasks in the SEEC 50001 Ready Navigator and submit evidence of completion for some Navigator tasks

Mark all 25 tasks as completed within the SEEC 50001 Ready Navigator project for your facility. Next, submit evidence of completion for the selected tasks indicated in the SEEC 50001 Ready Evidence of Task Completion Reporting Template (also available in Arabic). This template contains embedded files and is the preferred format of submission, although other forms of equivalent evidence may be acceptable.   

Use the file uploaders on this webpage to submit the evidence of completion.

Download the SEEC 50001 Ready Evidence of Task Completion Reporting Template
Arabic version also available.

2. Submit energy consumption and/or performance data

For the initial SEEC 50001 Ready recognition, the facility is only required to report one full year of energy consumption data (12 months energy data) to establish a baseline year. SEEC encourages facilities to report energy performance status (which includes 24 months of energy data: the baseline year and the reporting year), but this is not required for initial recognition:

To fulfill this requirement, industrial facilities should complete and submit the SEEC 50001 Ready Energy Performance Status Report. Versions of the report are available for Industry (English | Arabic) and for Buildings (English | Arabic). The report should be simple to fill out based on data that the facility has already collected. Users in other sectors may select the version of the report that is most relevant to their energy use.

If a facility chooses to report energy performance status, the optional SEEC EnPI Lite Tool is the recommended tool to utilize in order to calculate energy performance improvement by normalizing energy consumption to relevant variables like weather or production. However, other methods of calculating energy performance improvement may be acceptable. In addition to the SEEC 50001 Ready Energy Performance Status Report, facilities can also submit the output file of the optional SEEC EnPI Lite Tool (or the output of an alternate SEEC-approved energy performance calculator tool or process).

Note: The last month of the reporting year for your SEEC 50001 Ready recognition must be no more than 11 months prior to the month you are applying for recognition.

Download the SEEC Energy Performance Status Report for Industry
Arabic version also available.

Download the SEEC Energy Performance Status Report for Buildings
Arabic version also available.

3. Self-declare to SEEC 50001 Ready completion

Once all 25 tasks in the SEEC 50001 Ready Navigator have been completed, your facility’s energy management team lead and a senior management representative are required to sign and submit to SEEC a simple self-declaration form (also available in Arabic). The declaration confirms completion of the 25 Navigator steps and affirms your organization’s commitment to continually improving your energy management system and energy performance.

Download the SEEC 50001 Ready Recognition Self-Declaration Form
Arabic version also available.

Initial Recognition for Facilities with Valid ISO 50001 Certificates

Facilities with current ISO 50001 certificates that do not expire within the next 12 months can request for SEEC 50001 Ready recognition by submitting the following documentation:

1. ISO 50001 certificate from an accredited Certification Body (with greater than 12 months of validity remaining)
2. Energy consumption and/or performance data by submitting the SEEC 50001 Ready Energy Performance Status Report (versions available for industry (English) and for Buildings (English | Arabic))

ISO 50001-certified facilities still need to create an account in the SEEC 50001 Ready Navigator and mark all 25 tasks completed in order to submit the above documentation.

Maintaining the SEEC 50001 Ready Designation

The SEEC 50001 Ready designation is valid for three years from the date it was issued. To maintain their designation in good standing, the facility is required to demonstrate continual energy performance improvement by submitting an updated energy performance status report at the end of year 1 and year 2. At the end of year 3, facilities will be required to re-apply to the program. 

There is flexibility in reporting energy performance status and demonstrating a positive energy performance improvement, as described as follows:

• End of Year 1

  Toward the end of the first year of the SEEC 50001 Ready designation period, facilities are required to submit an updated energy performance status report and demonstrate a positive, normalized energy performance improvement over the most recent two or three years. That is, to demonstrate a positive, normalized energy performance improvement, the first month of the baseline period can be set 12 or 24 months prior to first month of reporting period, for the whole-facility or 50001 Ready EnMS Scope using the EnPI Lite tool or comparable analysis

  

• End of Year 2

  Toward the end of the second year of the SEEC 50001 Ready designation period, facilities are required to submit an updated energy performance status report and demonstrate a positive, normalized energy performance improvement over the most recent two, three, or four years. That is, to demonstrate a positive, normalized energy performance improvement, the first month of the baseline period can be set 12, 24, or 36 months prior to first month of reporting period, for the whole-facility or 50001 Ready EnMS Scope using the EnPI Lite tool or comparable analysis.

  

• End of Year 3

  Toward the end of the third year of the SEEC 50001 Ready designation period, facilities need to re-apply to the program be submitting the self-declaration form, energy performance status report (version for industry or buildings), and evidence of task completion.

  Access the SEEC EnPI Lite tool

  Download the SEEC Energy Performance Status Report for Industry
  Arabic version also available.

  Download the SEEC Energy Performance Status Report for Buildings
  Arabic version also available.

Reporting Energy Performance Improvement

Energy management is a continual improvement process. While energy performance improvement is required over the long-term, SEEC recognizes that year-on-year site-wide energy performance improvement may not be achieved due to business conditions, unavoidable market factors, etc. Therefore, the SEEC 50001 Ready program is flexible in regard to how energy performance improvement can be demonstrated.

The optional SEEC EnPI Lite Tool is the preferred method to demonstrate energy performance improvement for a facility’s chosen EnMS scope. The EnPI Lite tool uses regression analysis to establish a normalized baseline of energy consumption and calculate energy performance indicators that account for variations in energy consumption due to weather, production, occupancy, and other variables.

The tool may produce multiple valid models for each energy source. In those cases, it is necessary to use your best engineering judgement to select the model(s) that best describe how your facility uses energy. For example:

• If steam is used throughout the production process of a product, the model for the energy source that is used to generate steam should include a production variable.
• If the major uses of electricity in your facility are electric heating and cooling, then Heating Degree Days and Cooling Degree Days should appear in your model of electricity.

Energy Performance Improvement Modeling and Accounting Guidance

Use of regression analysis to demonstrate energy performance improvement is optional.

However, if facilities choose to utilize the SEEC EnPI Lite tool to perform the regression analysis, the analysis must meet the following guidelines, which are further detailed in the SEEC 50001 Ready M&V Protocol (English or Arabic).

Reporting Requirements

Regression Model Requirements