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Use ISO 14001 and ISO 50001 for Bottom Line Performance
- Key terms, definitions, and clauses of ISO 14001 and ISO 50001
- ISO 50001's significant energy uses (SEUs), energy performance index (EnPI), and gap analysis
- Don't let ISO 14001's focus on environmental aspects limit its use. Anything we throw away, even if not an environmental aspect, represents wasted money. Examples from Henry Ford (roughly a hundred years ago) show how much money we can save by looking at all wastes.
- The German Second World War board game "Hunt for the Coal Thief" personified energy waste as a villain who was modeled on folk figures like the Sack Man and the bogeyman, and his goal was to steal energy from the war effort. He showed where to look for energy wastes, and how to eliminate them. Few if any material or energy wastes can however hide from the chemical engineering technique known as a material and energy balance, as long as they are in a process with clear boundaries. The Coal Thief can however steal from the surrounding building, along with the supply chain. Considerable focus will be placed on the material and energy balance.
- Know how to see the waste. The employees who actually do the job are often in the best position to do this, but the need to know what to look for. Henry Ford's workers were a frequent source of recommendations.
- Remove the waste.
- Refuse to make the waste
- Reduce the amount of waste produced
- Reuse the waste
- Recycle the waste
- Ford, for example, distilled waste wood for which there was no other use into saleable chemicals and Kingsford charcoal.
- Reuse packaging and avoid unnecessary transportation.
Disclaimer: No part of this presentation constitutes engineering advice.
Overview of the webinar
ISO 14001:2015 is a standard for environmental management systems that calls for identification of environmental aspects, or activities or outputs (such as waste) that can affect the environment. ISO 50001:2018 is a standard for energy management systems that includes a gap analysis whose purpose is to identify inefficient uses of energy.
Although environmental aspects require attention for compliance purposes, enormous wastes of material and energy can hide in plain view—often for years or even longer because they are built into the job where they are taken for granted. Henry Ford proved more than a hundred years ago, when he could have legally dumped almost all his wastes into the nearest river or landfill, that it is profitable as well as environmentally responsible to avoid making the wastes, or else repurposing them for resale. Few if any material or energy wastes can meanwhile hide from the chemical engineering technique known as the material and energy balance.
Who should attend?
All manufacturing industries (service, such as health care, secondary)
Why should you attend?
While compliance with environmental regulations is mandatory, enormous wastes of materials and energy can nonetheless hide in plain sight. Removal of these wastes saves money and enables lower prices for better competitiveness, along with higher profits for investor and higher wages for employees. This presentation will describe the benefits of ISO 14001:2015 (environmental management systems) and ISO 50001:2018 (energy management systems), and the desirability of exceeding the requirements of ISO 14001 by looking at all material wastes rather than just environmental aspects.
Faculty - Mr.William A. Levinson
William A. Levinson, P.E., is the principal of Levinson Productivity Systems, P.C. He is an ASQ Fellow, Certified Quality Engineer, Quality Auditor, Quality Manager, Reliability Engineer and Six Sigma Black Belt. He is also the author of several books on quality, productivity and management, of which the most recent is The Expanded and Annotated My Life and Work: Henry Ford's Universal Code for World-Class Success.