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