According to article 30 of the executive Act of parliament enclosed in article 121 of the third economic, social and cultural development plan of the Islamic Republic of Iran which has been reconfirmed in article 20 of the fourth plan Act of parliament, so far Energy Auditing has been carried out in 180 industrial plants including iron and steel, cement, gypsum, limestone, brick, tiles, glass, sugar, vegetable oil, tire and tube, textile, wood and paper, chemical plants and other industries.

According to article 31 of the executive Act of parliament enclosed in article 121 of the third development plan rule, energy consumption instructions have been developed for bricks, sugar, vegetable oil, glass, tire and tube, cement, iron and steel industries. According to article 33 of the above-mentioned Act, fuel cost of large industrial plants (above 5000 m3/year fuel oil exuviate) which have not followed the above-mentioned instructions, has been increased by 20% until they follow the instructions.

According to article 4 of the executive Act of parliament enclosed in article 121 of the third development plan rule, so far, energy consumption criteria has been approved in 11 various industries by working groups; out of which 6 standards have been coded by National Standard and Industrial Research Organization as follows:
sugar (standard No. 8668), brick (standard No.7965), cement (standard No.7873), glass (standard No. 8667), limestone (standard No. 8665), gypsum (standard No. 8666), tire and tube, iron and steel, vegetable oil, tiles and lube oil.