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