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