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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 Audit Advisor
- Energy Analyst
- Commercial Energy Rater
- Commercial Energy Auditor
- Certified Energy Manager
Tasks for “Energy Conservation Representative”
- Identify opportunities to improve the operation, maintenance, or energy efficiency of building or process systems.
- Verify income eligibility of participants in publicly financed weatherization programs.
- Identify and prioritize energy saving measures.
- Examine commercial sites to determine the feasibility of installing equipment that allows building management systems to reduce electricity consumption during peak demand periods.
- Recommend energy efficient technologies or alternate energy sources.
- Determine patterns of building use to show annual or monthly needs for heating, cooling, lighting, or other energy needs.
- 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.
- 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.
- Inspect or evaluate building envelopes, mechanical systems, electrical systems, or process systems to determine the energy consumption of each system.
- Analyze energy bills including utility rates or tariffs to gather historical energy usage data.
- Identify any health or safety issues related to planned weatherization projects.
- 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.
- Perform tests such as blower-door tests to locate air leaks.
- Quantify energy consumption to establish baselines for energy use or need.
- 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 newly installed energy-efficient equipment to ensure that it was installed properly and is performing according to specifications.
- 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.
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- Electronic hygrothermometers
- Smoke generators
- Dataloggers
- Electricity monitors
- Draft gauges
- Heating system combustion analyzers
- Light meters
- Handheld digital thermometers
- Manometers
- Digital video cameras
- Combustible gas monitors
- Digital still cameras
- Volt meters
- Sling psychrometers
- Wattmeters
- Carbon dioxide CO2 testers
- Personal computers
- Laptop computers
- Digital multimeters
- Infrared cameras
- Tablet computers
- Insolation meters
- Air current testers
- Water flow meters
- Recording anemometers
- Carbon monoxide detectors
- Duct probe velometers
- Blower doors
- Electrical circuit tracers
- Digital infrared thermometers
- Smoke pens
- Computer data input scanners
- Flue gas analyzers
- Program for Energy Analysis of Residences PEAR
- InterEnergy Software Building Energy Analyzer PRO
- Facility Energy Decision Systems FEDS
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Itron Enterprise Energy Management EEM Suite
- EffTec EffTrack
- Microsoft .NET Framework
- Structured query language SQL
- Federal Renewable Energy Screening Assistant FRESA
- Abraxas Energy Consulting Metrix
- C++
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Excel
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- SAP
- Autodesk ECOTECT
- Microsoft MapPoint
- Elite Software Energy Audit
- Retrofit Energy Savings Estimation Model RESEM
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro
- Microsoft Visual Basic
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Microsoft Publisher
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Microsoft Outlook
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- Microsoft Access
- Linux
- EnergyPlus
- Wolfram Research Mathematica
- UNIX
- Cool Roof Calculator
- Onset Computer Corporation HOBOware
- SAS
- dBASE
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- Stellar Processes EZ Sim
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- Fielding Data Labs OptoMizer
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- The MathWorks MATLAB
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