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