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