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