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This American National Standard specifies requirements for an organization to establish, implement, maintain and improve energy performance through Superior Energy Performance^® (hereinafter, "SEP") and an energy management system (hereinafter, "EnMS").

This American National Standard is used in conjunction with ISO 50001:2011 Energy management systems - Requirements with guidance for use, and it can be aligned or integrated with other management systems.

This American National Standard is applicable to any organization that wishes to ensure its conformity to the requirements of SEP and desires to demonstrate such conformance to others. This can be confirmed by certification to SEP by a SEP-accredited organization called a verification body and certification to ISO 50001 requirements by an accredited ISO 50001 certification body or a SEPaccredited verification body.