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