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