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