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