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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.
- Determine patterns of building use to show annual or monthly needs for heating, cooling, lighting, or other energy needs.
- Prepare audit reports containing energy analysis results or recommendations for energy cost savings.
- Collect and analyze field data related to energy usage.
- 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.
- Compare existing energy consumption levels to normative data.
- Analyze energy bills including utility rates or tariffs to gather historical energy usage data.
- Inspect or evaluate building envelopes, mechanical systems, electrical systems, or process systems to determine the energy consumption of each system.
- 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.
- 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.
- Calculate potential for energy savings.
- Identify opportunities to improve the operation, maintenance, or energy efficiency of building or process systems.
- Quantify energy consumption to establish baselines for energy use or need.
- Perform tests such as blower-door tests to locate air leaks.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Electrical circuit tracers
- Flue gas analyzers
- Carbon dioxide CO2 testers
- Air current testers
- Dataloggers
- Wattmeters
- Laptop computers
- Smoke pens
- Blower doors
- Digital multimeters
- Sling psychrometers
- Carbon monoxide detectors
- Infrared cameras
- Recording anemometers
- Digital still cameras
- Electricity monitors
- Computer data input scanners
- Volt meters
- Smoke generators
- Digital infrared thermometers
- Combustible gas monitors
- Heating system combustion analyzers
- Light meters
- Water flow meters
- Digital video cameras
- Handheld digital thermometers
- Duct probe velometers
- Two way radios
- Manometers
- Draft gauges
- Insolation meters
- Personal computers
- Tablet computers
- Electronic hygrothermometers
- Enercom Energy Depot for Homes
- Microsoft Excel
- SPSS
- Microsoft Outlook
- R
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Psychrometric chart software
- The Weatherization Assistant
- Energy Efficient Rehab Advisor
- Microsoft Word
- Program for Energy Analysis of Residences PEAR
- Itron Enterprise Energy Management EEM Suite
- Microsoft MapPoint
- EffTec EffTrack
- Microsoft Publisher
- MotorMaster+
- Abraxas Energy Consulting Metrix
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Retrofit Energy Savings Estimation Model RESEM
- Trane TRACE
- DesignBuilder Software DesignBuilder
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Linux
- Good Steward Software EnergyCAP
- Architectural Energy Corporation ENFORMA Building Diagnostics
- Python
- Elite Software Energy Audit
- dBASE
- Cool Roof Calculator
- EnergyPlus
- SAS
- C++
- Onset Computer Corporation HOBOware
- Federal Renewable Energy Screening Assistant FRESA
- Enercom Energy Depot for Business
- Facility Energy Decision Systems FEDS
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- Autodesk ECOTECT
- Stellar Processes EZ Sim
- Structured query language SQL
- Computer aided design CAD software
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro
- Home Energy Efficient Design HEED
- Performance Systems Development TREAT
- Architectural Energy Corporation VisualDOE
- Web browser software
- SAP
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Microsoft .NET Framework
- Wolfram Research Mathematica
- Microsoft Visual Basic
- Fielding Data Labs OptoMizer
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Fundamental Objects foAudits
- InterEnergy Software Building Energy Analyzer PRO
- UNIX
- Architectural Energy Corporation REM/Rate
- Microsoft Access