Universal access to energy is essential to enable humanity to successfully overcome the major challenges it faces. The seventh Sustainable Development Goal advocates supporting new initiatives that improve energy efficiency and increase the use of renewable sources to achieve sustainable communities that are resilient to environmental problems such as climate change, pollution and deforestation.
Currently, energy is the main factor that contributes to climate change, representing around 60% of all global greenhouse gas emissions.
The Spanish Association for Standardization, UNE, has identified over 250 standards in the Spanish catalogue that help organizations to achieve SDG 7.
If there is one standard that stands out above the rest in the field of energy efficiency, it is UNE-EN ISO 50001 Energy management systems. Requirements and guidelines for use. It is the global reference as regards the correct management of energy. Applying this standard enables organizations to make systematic savings of up to 30% on energy costs, according to the ISO.
For its part, the goal of UNE 216701 Classification of energy services providers is to contribute to the deployment of energy services in Spain by improving transparency and reliability.
There are numerous and very varied renewable energy sources, but the most widespread are solar, hydro, wind and bioenergy. To extend and implement each of these energy sources using energy management systems, there are standards such as UNE-EN ISO/IEC 13273-2 Energy efficiency and sources of renewable energy. Common international terminology. Part 2: Renewable energies.
Furthermore, UNE acts from an organizational perspective, taking into account actions that contribute to SDG 7. Thus, it maintains a sustainable corporate policy of reducing the energy used by every activity performed by the Organisation.
