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