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