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