The article discusses the feasibility of applying international project management standards in the process of conducting energy audits of industrial facilities as an effective tool for systematizing, controlling, and improving the effectiveness of energy efficiency measures. It emphasizes that the application of project management standards will facilitate the transition from the traditional approach to energy auditing as a one-time check to a comprehensive management process with defined goals, deadlines, resources, stakeholders, and success criteria. The correspondence of the stages of energy auditing to key areas of project management in accordance with the PMBOK standard, in particular content, risk, quality, communications, resource, and stakeholder management, was analyzed. The structure of the energy audit life cycle is also examined in accordance with the PRINCE2 principles, which focus on flexibility, accountability, and control of results. It has been determined that the integration of project-oriented approaches into energy audit practice will allow the creation of a unified energy management system capable of responding quickly to changes in technological, economic, and organizational conditions. It was concluded that the introduction of project management standards into energy audit practice creates the basis for the formation of new energy efficiency management models that combine technical accuracy, organizational discipline, planning flexibility, and a strategic focus on the sustainable development of the industrial sector.
Semko et al. (Thu,) studied this question.