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