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