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