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