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