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