Energy Efficiency Management Training Course

Duration 5 days 10 modules · 33 contact hours
Level Intermediate Certificate on completion
Who attends Energy Managers, Facilities Managers and others
Fee from USD 1,100 KSh 95,000 for Kenyan organisations
Where 52 cities + online See dates by city
Next start 16 Nov 2026 Course code SD-ETR-035

Before you join: Participants should have basic familiarity with their organisation’s energy bills, facilities, production processes or utility-consuming equipment.

Dates & prices

Two start dates a month in every city, and live online on weekdays or weekends. Fees are per participant; classroom fees include tuition, materials, lunch and refreshments, and the certificate.

Suggest a date or city

Showing the next six months. Later dates, other cities and private deliveries for your team are available on request.

Course overview

Energy costs, carbon targets and supply constraints place greater scrutiny on how facilities, buildings and industrial processes consume energy. Many organisations have utility data but lack a disciplined method for identifying significant energy uses, separating operational variation from real improvement, and turning audit findings into funded projects. Poor baselines, incomplete metering and weak measurement plans can overstate savings and delay investment decisions.

This course equips participants to manage energy performance through an ISO 50001-aligned energy management system. Participants learn to conduct energy reviews, select energy performance indicators, establish normalised baselines, plan metering, identify technical efficiency measures, evaluate investment cases and verify savings. The syllabus covers HVAC, motors, compressed air, steam, boilers, refrigeration, building controls, electricity tariffs, demand management and on-site solar assessment.

Teaching combines instructor briefings, sector cases, data interpretation, group analysis and structured planning work. Participants work with realistic utility, production and meter data to make decisions that energy managers, engineers and finance teams face when prioritising projects. They leave with an Energy Efficiency Management Action Pack containing an energy review template, EnPI and baseline model, opportunity register, measurement and verification plan, investment appraisal model and implementation roadmap.

The course suits professionals responsible for facilities, engineering, operations, sustainability, maintenance, property portfolios or utility expenditure. It is relevant to public buildings, hospitals, banks, manufacturing sites, data centres, hotels, retail estates, campuses and infrastructure operators.

What you will be able to do

  • Conduct an ISO 50001-aligned energy review using utility, meter and operational data
  • Develop energy performance indicators and adjusted baselines using relevant variables
  • Design a metering and monitoring plan for significant energy uses
  • Identify and prioritise energy conservation measures through structured technical audits
  • Prepare life-cycle cost, net present value and marginal abatement cost analyses
  • Create an IPMVP-based measurement and verification plan for efficiency projects
  • Build an energy management implementation roadmap with roles, targets and controls
  • Audit energy performance governance and specify corrective actions for continual improvement

Benefits of attending

For you

  • Produce defensible energy baselines from operational and utility data
  • Identify savings opportunities in common building and industrial utility systems
  • Present efficiency projects using finance-ready investment appraisal evidence
  • Specify measurement and verification requirements before project implementation
  • Lead ISO 50001-aligned energy improvement actions with clearer accountability

For your organisation

  • Reduced energy waste through prioritised operational and capital measures
  • More reliable savings claims supported by documented baselines and verification plans
  • Improved utility cost control through tariff, demand and load-profile analysis
  • Stronger ISO 50001 readiness through defined governance, records and review routines
  • Better capital allocation through life-cycle cost and emissions-reduction comparisons

Course modules

10 modules over 5 days

Participants can structure an energy review that identifies significant energy uses and data gaps.

  • Energy-use mapping from utility bills, interval data and process flow diagrams
  • SEUs and relevant variables identified using ISO 50001 terminology
  • Energy review boundaries, sources, meters and data-quality limitations
  • Material energy balance links fuel, electricity, steam and production
  • Pareto analysis ranks significant energy uses by annual cost
  • Baseline period selection accounts for operating changes and missing data

Participants can define the governance, documentation and management processes required for an energy management system.

  • ISO 50001 clauses translated into an energy management system
  • Context, interested parties and scope documented for certification-ready governance
  • Energy policy commitments aligned with procurement, maintenance and capital planning
  • Roles, competence and communication matrices assign accountable energy-management responsibilities
  • Document control and retained information support auditable management-system evidence
  • Management review inputs connect objectives, performance trends and corrective actions

Participants can develop energy performance indicators and baselines that account for material operational variation.

  • ISO 50006 EnPIs selected for facilities, processes and utility systems
  • Simple ratio indicators tested against production and weather distortion
  • Regression models establish weather-normalised energy performance indicators
  • Relevant variables screened using scatterplots, residuals and engineering judgement
  • Static and adjusted baselines distinguish improvement from operational variation
  • Normalization rules record changes in equipment, occupancy and product mix

Participants can specify metering arrangements and data controls that support energy performance decisions.

  • Meter hierarchies connect main supplies, submeters and significant energy uses
  • Measurement plans specify points, intervals, accuracy and data ownership
  • Electricity load profiles reveal baseload, peaks and avoidable demand
  • Thermal surveys combine temperature, pressure, flow and combustion readings
  • Data validation checks missing intervals, clock errors and implausible values
  • Dashboard specifications distinguish operational alarms from monthly management reporting

Participants can conduct structured energy audits and document improvement opportunities consistently.

  • Walk-through audits follow ISO 50002 evidence and reporting requirements
  • Opportunity registers capture condition, cause, measure, savings and constraints
  • Compressed-air leak surveys quantify losses using ultrasound and run-hours
  • Steam-trap inspections classify failures, blow-through and maintenance priorities
  • HVAC control reviews test schedules, setpoints, deadbands and economiser operation
  • Motor-system assessments examine loading, controls, rewinding and replacement decisions

Participants can evaluate energy projects and establish credible savings measurement arrangements.

  • Life-cycle cost analysis compares efficient equipment with lowest-price alternatives
  • Net present value, IRR and payback tested against investment hurdles
  • Marginal abatement cost curves rank measures by cost and emissions
  • IPMVP options A through D match measurement approaches to projects
  • Measurement and verification plans define boundaries, adjustments and uncertainty
  • Savings registers separate avoided consumption, cost savings and emissions reductions

Participants can analyse utility charges and identify demand-side energy cost reduction options.

  • Tariff analysis separates energy charges, demand charges, taxes and penalties
  • Load-shifting options target peak-demand windows and time-of-use periods
  • Power-factor correction assessed against utility tariffs and harmonic risks
  • Demand-response readiness evaluates controllable loads, notices and operational limits
  • Energy procurement data reconciled with invoices, contracts and meter records
  • On-site solar generation assessed against load shape and export rules

Participants can screen common technical measures for buildings, utilities and process systems.

  • Boiler efficiency calculations use excess oxygen, stack temperature and blowdown
  • Heat-recovery screening identifies exchanger duties, pinch points and fouling
  • Variable-speed drive suitability assessed from pump and fan affinity laws
  • Refrigeration reviews address suction pressure, defrost, floating head and leakage
  • Building fabric measures prioritise air leakage, insulation and solar gains
  • Controls sequences reduce simultaneous heating, cooling and unnecessary run-time

Participants can convert approved opportunities into controlled operational improvement actions.

  • Energy objectives translated into SMART targets, action owners and deadlines
  • Capital requests present baselines, savings, risks, costs and approvals
  • Operational controls embed energy criteria within standard operating procedures
  • Maintenance plans include lubrication, calibration, cleaning and control verification
  • Training matrices target operators, technicians, supervisors and energy champions
  • Behaviour-change campaigns use feedback, prompts, commitments and recognition

Participants can review energy performance, address nonconformities and maintain an improvement roadmap.

  • Internal audit programmes test ISO 50001 conformity and implementation evidence
  • Nonconformities distinguish correction, root cause, corrective action and effectiveness
  • Five Whys and fishbone diagrams investigate recurring energy-performance failures
  • Monthly review packs combine EnPIs, project status, savings and risks
  • Application plans sequence quick wins, studies, investments and governance actions
  • Quarterly improvement cycles revise baselines, targets and measurement plans

Exercises and examples are adapted to each cohort's sectors and roles.

What you take back to work

  1. ISO 50001-aligned energy review template
  2. Energy performance indicator and baseline model
  3. Metering and monitoring plan template
  4. Energy opportunity register
  5. IPMVP measurement and verification plan
  6. Energy efficiency implementation roadmap

Who should attend

  • Energy Managers — need a disciplined system for improving energy performance and reporting results
  • Facilities Managers — manage building services, utility costs and maintenance priorities
  • Engineering Managers — assess process equipment upgrades and operational efficiency measures
  • Sustainability Managers — connect energy projects with emissions targets and climate reporting
  • Maintenance Managers — incorporate energy controls into preventive and corrective maintenance
  • Finance and Procurement Managers — assess energy investment cases, tariffs and supplier data

Skills and tools covered

Energy performance indicatorsISO 50001 implementationEnergy audit planningMeasurement and verificationUtility cost analysisEfficiency investment appraisal

Tools and standards

ISO 50001, ISO 50006, ISO 50002, IPMVP

How the course runs

Training methodology

The course uses short instructor briefings to introduce standards, calculations and decision methods, followed by sector-based case work using bills, meter readings, production data and equipment information. Small-group analysis addresses energy reviews, baseline selection, audit findings, project appraisal and verification planning. Participants test assumptions through guided calculations and structured simulations of management review and investment approval discussions. Facilitated application planning connects course methods to participants’ own facilities, portfolios or operational responsibilities.

Requirements and prerequisites

Participants should have basic familiarity with their organisation’s energy bills, facilities, production processes or utility-consuming equipment. Experience in facilities management, engineering, maintenance, sustainability, operations or property management is helpful. Participants should be comfortable reading simple tables, charts and financial figures such as costs and payback periods. Prior ISO 50001 training, engineering qualifications, advanced statistics, audit certification and specialist software skills are not required. The course explains technical calculations and management-system requirements before applying them to energy performance decisions.

A typical training day

08:30 – 10:30First session
10:30 – 10:45Refreshment break
10:45 – 12:30Second session
12:30 – 13:30Lunch and networking
13:30 – 15:00Third session
15:00 – 15:15Refreshment break
15:15 – 16:30Workshop and daily review

Live online deliveries follow the same structure in East Africa Time, with shorter screen blocks and longer breaks.

What the fee includes

  • Instruction by a practitioner facilitator
  • Full course workbook and materials
  • Exercise files, templates and case studies
  • Refreshments and lunch on classroom deliveries
  • Certificate of completion
  • Post-course application plan

Frequently asked questions

Participants should have basic familiarity with energy-consuming assets, utility bills, facilities or operational processes. No prior ISO 50001 training, engineering degree or advanced data-analysis experience is required.

Participants may bring non-confidential utility bills, meter data, energy targets, equipment lists or examples of current energy projects. Course materials and calculation templates are provided, so bringing workplace data is optional.

The course is designed for energy, facilities, engineering, maintenance, operations, sustainability and property professionals. It also suits finance and procurement staff who assess energy projects, tariffs or utility expenditure.

This course focuses on reducing energy demand, managing energy performance and verifying savings from efficiency measures. Renewable energy procurement and carbon reporting are addressed only where they affect energy decisions, project appraisal or emissions reductions.

Participants can use the templates to structure an energy review, establish baselines, prioritise opportunities and prepare project proposals. The final application plan helps translate course methods into actions for a site, building portfolio or process area.

Training runs from 08:30 to 16:30 each day, with approximately 6.5 contact hours daily. Time is divided between instructor input, data-based case work, group analysis, technical calculations, management simulations and application planning.

Questions about this course?

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