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