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