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