Mandatory Energy Audit for Large Enterprises
The purpose of the energy audit for large enterprises is to identify opportunities for improving energy and cost efficiency, as well as to explore potential modernisation and development measures that support these goals. The detailed audit report provides a realistic overview of your company’s energy sources, consumption levels, and costs, along with recommendations for more cost-effective energy use. All large enterprises are legally required to carry out an energy audit every four years in order to assess their consumption patterns and identify potential energy efficiency improvements.
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The Auditor
The energy audit must be carried out by an independent energy auditor or auditing organisation registered with the Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority (MEKH). The strategic aim of the audit is to promote energy-conscious corporate governance.
Axing Zrt. was the first company in Hungary to obtain official registration as an energy auditor. Over the past 20 years, we have conducted energy audits for nearly 1,500 large enterprises and organisations. We maintain an excellent professional relationship with the Energy Authority, further strengthening our credibility and expertise in the energy sector.
The Energy Audit Process
Axing Zrt. uses a proven and well-defined methodology to analyse the energy usage profile of your business or organisation, supported by our own proprietary system.
The audit provides a comprehensive overview of the energy consumption across your facilities, including technological and logistical operations. In addition to identifying energy efficiency opportunities, the audit also proposes potential modernisation investments and highlights relevant EKR (Energy Efficiency Obligation Scheme) and TAO (Corporate Tax) incentive opportunities.
Phases of the Energy Audit
- Preparation – kick-off meeting
- Data collection
- On-site assessment
- Expert recommendations
- Report compilation and audit closure
Energy Efficiency Opportunities Are Presented in Four Distinct Categories:
- Simple operational suggestions that require no investment
- Low-cost improvements with short payback periods
- Larger-scale modernisation requiring capital investment
- Evaluation of alternative energy sources
Questions and Answers
Why Do Our Clients Choose Axing?
With over 20 years of experience in energy consultancy and auditing, Axing Zrt. has successfully completed more than 4,000 energy audits — including mandatory audits for large enterprises, audits focused on identifying energy-saving opportunities, and audits supporting eligibility for EKR (Energy Efficiency Obligation Scheme) and TAO (Corporate Tax) incentives.
Who Is Required to Undergo an Energy Audit?
Under 2015. Act LVII of 2015 on Energy Efficiency energy audits are mandatory for large enterprises. For the purposes of the Act, a large enterprise is defined as a company that does not qualify as a micro, small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) under Act XXXIV of 2004 on Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and Support for their Development.
A large enterprise is exempt from conducting a separate audit if it is part of a corporate group that has already completed an audit covering the group in whole or in part, including the given enterprise.
Members of a corporate group that would otherwise qualify as an SME, and whose average total energy consumption in the three years preceding the audit year is less than 3 GWh, are not required to carry out a mandatory audit or to operate an energy management system.
(If a newly established large enterprise wishes to claim the 3 GWh exemption but does not yet have full consumption data for three years, then it must annualise the available consumption data for the partial period in order to calculate an average annual figure.)
What Qualifies as a Large Enterprise?
A company qualifies as a large enterprise if it employs more than 250 people, or if it has an annual turnover exceeding the HUF equivalent of EUR 50 million and a balance sheet total exceeding the HUF equivalent of EUR 43 million.