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