OREANDA-NEWS. January 28, 2010. “Engineering Center UES” initiated creation of one of the first Russian systems of voluntary certification in the area of energy conservation and energy efficiency. A branch of “Engineering Center UES”, “Firm ORGRES”, was appointed its managing body. It will also function as certification authority.

System of voluntary certification in the area of energy conservation and energy efficiency (abbreviated as VCS “ENEF”) is registered with Federal agency for technical regulation and metrology.

Among the directions of VCS “ENEF” business there is assessment of a company’s compliance with requirements for activities in energy survey. Several aspects will be taken into account, including company’s level of energy audit management system, methodical support, instrumentation pool, experts’ and auditors’ preparedness to carry out the survey. Based on the results of such assessment, a company will receive certificate of compliance which will be a confirmation for energy survey client that the certified company is apt to implement the energy survey; moreover, such certificate can be used as a document justifying the company’s professional competence for joining a self-regulating organization (SRO).

In the area of certification of services there is also a provision for a company’s justification of its compliance with regulatory requirements for introduction of energy-saving equipment and implementation of energy-service contracts.

Another important area is certification of products and equipment for correspondence of energy consumption and energy efficiency with the established requirements or declared ratings. Availability of conformance certificate will make it possible to adequately assess equipment rating and select only energy efficient equipment in correspondence with requirements of Clause 10 and Clause 26 of Federal Law № 261–FZ “On energy conservation and energy efficiency upgrades and on amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation”.

One more significant sphere is certification of technologies used by companies for their production purposes, business or other activities. Among the technologies requiring certification are processes that involve consumption of energy resources or production of the same (energy generation, transportation, distribution, conversion).

Compliance certificate is issued based on the results of certification. For products (equipment) marking, there is an established Label of compliance. Regulations for practical application of this label are also approved by Federal agency for technical regulation and metrology.