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