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