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