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