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