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