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