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