Legislation library

The following legislation, regulations, schemes and standards may be relevant to your particular Energy Management System and might therefore need to be included under your 'legal and other requirements'. If in doubt, you should follow the links to authoritative sources. See also our general advice on the subject of legal and other requirements. 

Scheme, law or regulation name	Scope	Remarks
ISO50001: Energy management systems - Requirements with guidance for use	Global	Applies by definition to every energy management system that is certified to the Standard
ISO50003: Energy management systems - Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of energy management systems	Global
Heat Network (Metering and Billing) Regulations 2014
European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS)	Europe
Climate Change Levy	UK
Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme	UK	Mandatory for large users not subject to EUETS or Climate Change Levy
EU Energy Star	Europe	Voluntary
Fuel and Electricity (Heating) (Control) Order 1974	England, Wales	Repealed June 2014
BREEAM	UK	Voluntary
Display Energy Certificates	England, Wales
Energy Performance Certificates	England, Wales
Building Regulations Part L	England, Wales
Air Conditioning Inspections	UK	Similar provisions elsewhere in Europe
Measuring Instruments Directive	UK	Electricity meters and submeters used for billing
Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme	UK large enterprises	Mandatory 4-yearly energy audits

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