Working Groups

As well as being a great networking opportunity, working-groups form the basis of the EMA's work in best-practice and policy.  You can find out more about each working group below.

Working Groups

EMA Core Working Groups

Empowering Women in Energy Management and Environment Group

Emex 1119The Energy Managers Association (EMA) launched Empowering Women in Energy Management and Environment group in 2016.

The Group provides an informal network for women in the energy management, facilities management, sustainability and environmental industries that can assist in supporting career development for professional women, mentor aspiring women to pursue energy management education and careers in the energy management and associated fields.

The Group has been created to support the EMA membership and is headed by the EMA Board of Directors, existing energy management professionals. However, the participation in this group is not limited to the EMA membership only and all professionals in the energy management and associated sectors are welcome to sign up to the Group’s mailing list to receive updates and invitations to the meetings. Our meetings’ format typically consists of panel discussions with prominent industry professionals, and opportunities to network with your peers, make new contacts, and strengthen existing relationships.

The Group’s ultimate aim is to encourage and enable more women to enter the world of Energy Management and other environmental roles by increasing the level of awareness and understanding of this very rewarding career amongst those facing future career choices, and indeed exploring the current barriers to this route for women. Being an energy manager may not seem like the most obvious career for many women. Often described as a highly technical and men overpopulated sector, energy management has been lacking the role models that young or career changing women could learn from and identify with.

The Group’s launch was acknowledged by Lord Bourne, former Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change who stated:

Speaking as someone who is particularly keen to see greater gender diversity at all levels in the workforce – and who has attended far too many senior meetings at which women were noticeably under-represented – initiatives such as this are very good news indeed.

If you are interested in the Empowering Women in Energy Management and Environment Group, you may be interested in the "Jack (or Jackie) of all trades" article.

To get involved with the Group and keep up-to-date with its future activities, please register your interest with the EMA by emailing [email protected].

Empowering Women in Energy Management and Environment GroupEmex 1119

The Energy Managers Association (EMA) launched Empowering Women in Energy Management and Environment group in 2016.

The Group provides an informal network for women in the energy management, facilities management, sustainability and environmental industries that can assist in supporting career development for professional women, mentor aspiring women to pursue energy management education and careers in the energy management and associated fields.EMEX 1119

The Group has been created to support the EMA membership and is headed by the EMA Board of Directors, existing energy management professionals. However, the participation in this group is not limited to the EMA membership only and all professionals in the energy management and associated sectors are welcome to sign up to the Group’s mailing list to receive updates and invitations to the meetings. Our meetings’ format typically consists of panel discussions with prominent industry professionals, and opportunities to network with your peers, make new contacts, and strengthen existing relationships.

 

The Group’s ultimate aim is to encourage and enable more women to enter the world of Energy Management and other environmental roles by increasing the level of awareness and understanding of this very rewarding career amongst those facing future career choices, and indeed exploring the current barriers to this route for women. Being an energy manager may not seem like the most obvious career for many women. Often described as a highly technical and men overpopulated sector, energy management has been lacking the role models that young or career changing women could learn from and identify with.

The Group’s launch was acknowledged by Lord Bourne, former Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change who stated:

Speaking as someone who is particularly keen to see greater gender diversity at all levels in the workforce – and who has attended far too many senior meetings at which women were noticeably under-represented – initiatives such as this are very good news indeed.

If you are interested in the Empowering Women in Energy Management and Environment Group, you may be interested in the "Jack (or Jackie) of all trades" article.

To get involved with the Group and keep up-to-date with its future activities, please register your interest with the EMA by emailing [email protected].

Working Groups

Carbon Reporting

Background

The Carbon Reporting Working Group has been set up to look at all the issues surrounding the carbon reporting landscape in the UK and Europe. Over recent years, compliance and legislation has become increasingly complex and the carbon reporting working group aims to help Energy Managers in this.

Reports

The Wright Report looked at CRC EES and Mandatory GHG Emissions reporting in September 2012. This report was then revised due to the CRC simplifications which were released by DECC in January 2013. The principle recommendation of the report was the phase out CRC EES in favour of Mandatory GHG Emissions reporting.

Following the report, the group met with representatives of DECC (CRC team) and DEFRA (GHG team) to discuss their recommendations.

Next Steps

At the Energy Performance Future conference on 29th April, the Minister announced that there will be mandatory auditing of all companies in four years resulting from the EU Energy Efficiency Directive. The EMA will be forming a carbon reporting sub-group to look at helping government to implement this directive in the most cost-effective manner which builds in energy efficiency awareness among companies.

The EMA is always looking at ways to reduce the administrative burden of carbon reporting for Energy Managers and welcomes all suggestions on the topic. If you would like to be involved in the group or  put forward your suggestions on the topic then please do so by contacting Jana Skodlova, the EMA PoC for the working group.

Training Standards

Background

The EMA Training and Standards Working Group has been formed to put together the standards that the EMA basic energy awareness courses will have to adhere to in order to become approved.

Currently, the EMA promotes 4 Stages of training courses under the Low Energy Company (LEC) training programme. You can view the standards for LEC Stage 1 and 2 below.

Training Providers

If you are currently providing, or looking to start providing, training in energy management and awareness and would like more information on EMA qualifications then please contact Jana Skodlova

Behaviour Change

Background

The Behaviour Change Working Group has thus far published two separate reports building up to its upcoming final paper. This paper will lay out strategies for creating and embedding systematic Energy Management within an organisation's culture.

The first paper takes a 'top-down' approach and examines how to win the support of the Boardroom. It was Chaired by Paul Lynch (Dalkia PLC).

The second paper investigates how to bring about behavioural change amongst an organisation's staff. It was Chaired by Martin Schwaller (Mitchells & Butlers).

Our Continuing Work

In addition we will soon publish a number of short papers. These papers will form a depository of tool-kit style documents for Energy Managers.

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