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