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