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