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Job Description
Conduct energy audits of buildings, building systems, or process systems. May also conduct investment grade audits of buildings or systems.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 13-1199.01
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Energy Auditors”.
Also Known As…
- Energy Auditors
- Residential Energy Auditor
- Quality Assurance Supervisor
- Home Performance Consultant
- Home Energy Rater
- Energy Rater
- Energy Consultant
- Energy Auditor
- Building Performance Specialist
- Building Performance Consultant
- Building Energy Consultant
- Resource Efficiency Manager
- Resource Conservation Manager
- Home Energy Inspector
- Home Energy Auditor
- Energy Control Officer
- Energy Conservation Technician
- Energy Conservation Representative
- Energy Audit Advisor
- Energy Analyst
- Commercial Energy Rater
- Commercial Energy Auditor
- Certified Energy Manager
Tasks for “Building Energy Consultant”
- Quantify energy consumption to establish baselines for energy use or need.
- Collect and analyze field data related to energy usage.
- Analyze technical feasibility of energy saving measures using knowledge of engineering, energy production, energy use, construction, maintenance, system operation, or process systems.
- Analyze energy bills including utility rates or tariffs to gather historical energy usage data.
- Prepare job specification sheets for home energy improvements, such as attic insulation, window retrofits, or heating system upgrades.
- Oversee installation of equipment such as water heater wraps, pipe insulation, weatherstripping, door sweeps, or low flow showerheads to improve energy efficiency.
- Inspect or evaluate building envelopes, mechanical systems, electrical systems, or process systems to determine the energy consumption of each system.
- Perform tests such as blower-door tests to locate air leaks.
- Recommend energy efficient technologies or alternate energy sources.
- Identify opportunities to improve the operation, maintenance, or energy efficiency of building or process systems.
- Examine commercial sites to determine the feasibility of installing equipment that allows building management systems to reduce electricity consumption during peak demand periods.
- Identify and prioritize energy saving measures.
- Verify income eligibility of participants in publicly financed weatherization programs.
- Educate customers on energy efficiency or answer questions on topics such as the costs of running household appliances or the selection of energy efficient appliances.
- Measure energy usage with devices such as data loggers, universal data recorders, light meters, sling psychrometers, psychrometric charts, flue gas analyzers, amp probes, watt meters, volt meters, thermometers, or utility meters.
- Inspect newly installed energy-efficient equipment to ensure that it was installed properly and is performing according to specifications.
- Determine patterns of building use to show annual or monthly needs for heating, cooling, lighting, or other energy needs.
- Compare existing energy consumption levels to normative data.
- Identify any health or safety issues related to planned weatherization projects.
- Prepare audit reports containing energy analysis results or recommendations for energy cost savings.
- Calculate potential for energy savings.
Related Technology & Tools
- Insolation meters
- Smoke generators
- Laptop computers
- Sling psychrometers
- Draft gauges
- Electricity monitors
- Manometers
- Duct probe velometers
- Handheld digital thermometers
- Digital multimeters
- Carbon dioxide CO2 testers
- Two way radios
- Dataloggers
- Light meters
- Air current testers
- Electrical circuit tracers
- Recording anemometers
- Digital infrared thermometers
- Carbon monoxide detectors
- Volt meters
- Wattmeters
- Flue gas analyzers
- Heating system combustion analyzers
- Digital video cameras
- Digital still cameras
- Blower doors
- Combustible gas monitors
- Electronic hygrothermometers
- Tablet computers
- Personal computers
- Infrared cameras
- Smoke pens
- Computer data input scanners
- Water flow meters
- Federal Renewable Energy Screening Assistant FRESA
- R
- Stellar Processes EZ Sim
- The Weatherization Assistant
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Structured query language SQL
- Architectural Energy Corporation VisualDOE
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Microsoft .NET Framework
- Home Energy Efficient Design HEED
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- SAS
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Visual Basic
- Onset Computer Corporation HOBOware
- Microsoft MapPoint
- Good Steward Software EnergyCAP
- EffTec EffTrack
- Retrofit Energy Savings Estimation Model RESEM
- Microsoft Publisher
- UNIX
- Architectural Energy Corporation ENFORMA Building Diagnostics
- Cool Roof Calculator
- MotorMaster+
- Microsoft Access
- Trane TRACE
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Python
- Performance Systems Development TREAT
- Elite Software Energy Audit
- Fundamental Objects foAudits
- Psychrometric chart software
- Abraxas Energy Consulting Metrix
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- Energy Efficient Rehab Advisor
- Enercom Energy Depot for Business
- dBASE
- Itron Enterprise Energy Management EEM Suite
- C++
- Architectural Energy Corporation REM/Rate
- InterEnergy Software Building Energy Analyzer PRO
- DesignBuilder Software DesignBuilder
- Linux
- Wolfram Research Mathematica
- Autodesk ECOTECT
- Fielding Data Labs OptoMizer
- Microsoft Office
- Program for Energy Analysis of Residences PEAR
- Web browser software
- Microsoft Word
- Facility Energy Decision Systems FEDS
- EnergyPlus
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro
- Enercom Energy Depot for Homes
- Microsoft Outlook
- SPSS
- SAP