auma delivered for an international certification body a programme ofenergy audits under Spain's RD 56/2016 at high-consumption facilities: food and beverage plants, automotive factories, chemical plants and hospitals, in Catalonia and across Spain.
Project overview
| Client | International certification body (confidential) |
| Market | Industry |
| Practice area | Energy transition · Decarbonisation |
| Location | Catalonia and the rest of Spain |
| Services | Energy audits under RD 56/2016 |
| Period | 2023 – 2024 |
The challenge
Large companies must audit their energy use every four years, but the audit's real value depends on how it is done:
- Very diverse facilities: from a packaging line to an operating theatre, each site has radically different consumption profiles.
- Regulatory calendar: audits must be completed within RD 56/2016's four-year cycle.
- Beyond compliance: the client wanted audits that surface real savings, not just the certificate.
The auma solution
One audit team applies a homogeneous methodology tuned to each sector:
- Fieldwork at every facility: consumption inventory, measurements and analysis of the main processes.
- Identification and quantification of savings and efficiency measures ranked by investment and payback.
- RD 56/2016-compliant reports, homogeneous across sites to ease group-level comparison.
The result
- More than ten audits delivered on schedule across four different sectors.
- Every site holds a catalogue of savings measures ranked by payback.
- Regulatory compliance evidenced before the competent body of each region.
A well-crafted energy audit pays for itself: the measures it identifies usually save far more than the audit costs.
Frequently asked questions
Who must carry out an energy audit?
Under RD 56/2016, large companies — over 250 employees or over €50 million turnover — must run an energy audit every four years covering at least 85% of their consumption, or hold a certified energy management system.
What does an industrial energy audit include?
Analysis of electricity, thermal and transport consumption, fieldwork with on-site measurements, an energy balance by process and a catalogue of quantified savings measures with investment and payback period.
Energy audit or ISO 50001?
They are complementary: the audit is a mandatory periodic snapshot; ISO 50001 is a continuous management system that also waives the audit obligation. For large consumers, the management system is the natural step after the audit.
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