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