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