by jbs081910 a3 — August 27, 2010—The American National Standards Institute (ANSI), coordinator of the U.S. standards and conformity assessment system, announced August 12 that KEMA Registered Quality is the first certification body to be accredited under the Institute’s pilot program for Superior Energy Performance (SEP).
The SEP Program, an initiative guided by the U.S. Council on Energy-Efficient Manufacturing (U.S. CEEM) and supporting the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Save Energy Now LEADER initiative, aims to provide industrial plants with a road map for achieving continual improvement in energy efficiency while maintaining competitiveness.
Under the terms of the program, a third-party certification body assesses the conformance of a manufacturing facility to the SEP requirements for energy intensity improvement. By requiring that these certification bodies earn ANSI accreditation, U.S. CEEM recognizes the credibility and value that accreditation adds to the process by attesting to the competence and qualification of certifiers to perform their activities.
