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