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