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