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