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