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