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