ISO/PWI 13055

Guidelines for promoting comprehensive energy efficiency and conservation measures in steel plant ISO/PWI 13055

Scope

The new work item provides guidance for organizations on how to continuously promote energy efficiency and conservation of steel plants, including specific procedures, perspectives to be considered, and methods for appropriately evaluating equipment that promotes energy efficiency and conservation (i.e. energy-saving equipment). It is expected that organizations will be able to voluntarily and continuously take proper actions to promote energy efficiency and conservation of the steel plants by regularly repeating the planning, implementation, and evaluation of energy efficiency and conservation measures and review for further improvements in the future, in line with this document. It is expected that these actions will lead to achieving CO2 emissions reduction of steel plants and eventually to sustainable steel production.
The boundary of the energy efficiency and conservation measures that is covered by this document is an entire steel plant. This document is applicable to any steel plant, regardless of its manufacturing process, equipment configuration, size, geographic location, products, or the amount and type of energy used.
This document is applicable to activities affecting energy consumption and energy intensity that are managed and controlled by the organization. However, the method for calculating energy consumption and energy intensity of the entire steel plant conforms to the ISO 14404 series (ISO 14404-1, ISO 14404-2, ISO 14404-3, ISO 14404-4). This means that when evaluating the energy consumption and energy intensity of the entire steel plant, not only the direct energy consumption from the steel plant but also the indirect energy consumption from intermediate products (purchased electricity, steam, etc.) and sold items (sold electricity, steam, by-product gas etc.) as defined in the ISO 14404 series are included.
As the purpose of this document is to promote energy efficiency and conservation measures in steel plants, this document does not cover improvements in productivity or product quality. This document is not intended to be a prerequisite for obtaining third-party certification, nor does it specify any performance criteria.