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