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