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