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