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