This webinar is held in Czech and covers the Czech transposition of the directive. The obligation itself applies across the EU, so if you are responsible for sites in several member states, the thresholds and the requirements below apply to you too — but the deadlines and penalties are set nationally. If you would like the same content in English, book a 30-minute walkthrough instead.
When: Thursday, 22 October 2026 | Time: 10:00–11:15 CEST (UTC+2) | Where: Online (Microsoft Teams) | Language: Czech | Price: Free
The webinar is free and all registrants receive the recording, in case the date does not suit them.
An EU obligation, not a national one
Article 11 of the recast Energy Efficiency Directive (EU) 2023/1791 replaced company size with a single criterion: average annual energy consumption over the previous three years, taking all energy carriers together.
- Above 85 TJ (23,611 MWh, or 23.6 GWh): an energy management system is mandatory and must be certified by an independent body against the relevant European or international standard. In practice that means ISO 50001; some member states also accept EMAS. The directive sets the deadline at 11 October 2027.
- Above 10 TJ (2,778 MWh) without an energy management system: an energy audit is required, the first one by 11 October 2026, and at least every four years thereafter. A certified ISO 50001 system removes that obligation — which is why organisations in this band, especially those with several sites, often choose certification instead of repeating audits indefinitely.
Everything counts towards the threshold: electricity, natural gas, purchased heat and steam, fuel for vehicles and processes, and self-generated electricity consumed on site. Consumption is summed across the whole enterprise, not per site.
Two things matter for groups. First, member states may set stricter rules than the directive — several have lower thresholds or tighter deadlines, so a site that falls outside the obligation in one country can fall inside it in another. Second, the deadline is national. The directive sets 11 October 2027 as the outer limit, but transposing laws differ, and a certificate held by the parent company does not automatically cover a subsidiary that is itself in scope.
The Czech Republic: the transposition this webinar covers
Czechia transposed the directive through Act No. 87/2025 Coll., amending Act No. 406/2000 Coll. on energy management, in force since 1 January 2026. It follows the EU thresholds and adds national specifics:
- Deadline: two years from the date the obligation arises, so 31 December 2027 for organisations already above the threshold on 1 January 2026. This is the date Czech entities work to; the directive's 11 October 2027 is the EU-level requirement on the member state.
- Certification must be carried out by a body accredited by the Czech Accreditation Institute (ČIA).
- Groups: entities with an ownership share above 50 % are added into the calculation.
- Penalty: up to CZK 5 million (approximately EUR 200,000).
- Public sector has separate, lower audit thresholds.
Implementation takes 9 to 18 months and accredited bodies book certification audits months ahead, which is the real constraint behind the deadline.
What the webinar covers
- The obligation and the business case — who has to certify, by when, and where ISO 50001 pays off even without a legal obligation.
- Certification from the certification body's perspective — our guest CERT-ACO walks through the audit step by step: what evidence the auditor asks for, and the non-conformities they see most often.
- Implementation from the energy manager's perspective — how it actually goes in a live production plant, what takes the most time, and where to be careful. Based on a real case.
- Choosing significant energy uses that hold up in an audit — from consumption by energy type to a Pareto view of processes.
- EnPIs that actually mean something — how to design the standard's key indicators so they distinguish waste from a cold winter.
- Continual improvement you can evidence — deviation tracking, corrective actions, and proof that savings were genuinely realised. Evidence for surveillance audits accumulates during normal use of the system, not in the week before the audit.
- Not leaving ISO 50001 on one person's desk — how to get the numbers in front of shift supervisors and plant managers. The standard requires employee awareness and involvement, and auditors check it.
Speakers
Jan Denemark — Sales Director, FLOWBOXResponsible for developing new business, managing existing customers, and expanding FLOWBOX EMOS sales through partners. He has long specialised in the benefits of energy management for companies, municipalities, and office buildings, and is a co-creator of the FLOWBOX EMOS product roadmap. On this webinar: the legal framework, moderation and Q&A.
Jaroslav Vrba — CERT-ACO, s.r.o.Certification body accredited by the Czech Accreditation Institute (ČIA) for ISO 50001. How the certification audit runs and what the auditor requires as evidence.
Adam Kárník — CERT-ACO, s.r.o.The most common non-conformities from certification and surveillance audits.
Jiřina Švambergová — Energy Expert, FLOWBOXImplemented ISO 50001 in a manufacturing plant and co-authored the FLOWBOX ISO 50001 module. Implementation in practice, plus the live demo.
Who should attend
- Energy managers and energy specialists
- Production and operations managers
- Heads of production and maintenance
- Executives and owners, ESG and finance teams
- Group energy, ESG and compliance managers with sites in more than one member state — scope is assessed per enterprise under national law, so a certificate held elsewhere in the group does not necessarily cover a subsidiary that is in scope on its own
What you will take away in 75 minutes
- Whether you have to certify — and whether it pays off even if you do not.
- What the auditor will require as evidence, and where companies most often fail. The certification body says what it wants to see. We show how to deliver it.
- Concrete methods for significant energy uses, EnPIs and the energy baseline.
- Professional ISO 50001 software running live, not on slides.
- The recording and the presentation materials, sent to every registrant.