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