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