Energy Management System Implementation in Latvian Municipalities: From Theory to Practice

Based upon the analyzed information and data, guidelines for EnMS in municipalities to facilitate implementation of the system were developed and offered the most appropriate policy instrument in the current situation to encourage municipalities to implement EnMS. This political instrument that is included in the draft law “Energy Efficiency Law” obliges 9 largest cities to implement and certify EnMS according to ISO 50001 standard by 1 July 2016, but the regional municipalities whose territories development level index on 31 December 2015 is greater than 0.5 and population is more than 10 000 on their municipality implement EnMS according to ISO 50001 standard by 1 July 2017. This obligation will give 5.92% or 586 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in the cumulative mandatory national energy savings target in the period from 2014 - 2020 and it will also encourage other municipalities to implement EnMS.