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Assess and optimize energy use in buildings and process systems through audits, analysis, and project implementation. Develop strategies for efficiency, demand management, and renewable integration, providing technical guidance from opportunity identification to measurement and verification.
- • Conduct site assessments and energy audits of buildings and systems.
- • Measure and monitor energy use with meters and data loggers.
- • Perform blower-door and duct-leakage diagnostics to locate air infiltration.
- • Inspect envelopes, HVAC, lighting, controls, and process loads to assess consumption.
- • Analyze utility bills, rates, and tariffs to profile usage and costs.
- • Benchmark facilities and compare consumption to normative data.
- • Determine operating schedules and end-use patterns for heating, cooling, lighting, and processes.
- • Quantify baselines and calculate savings potential for measures.
- • Identify, evaluate, and prioritize energy conservation measures.
- • Develop feasibility analyses, savings estimates, and cost-benefit metrics.
- • Recommend efficient technologies, controls, and renewable or alternative energy options.
- • Recommend operation and maintenance improvements to enhance efficiency.
- • Prepare technical reports, proposals, and client-ready recommendations.
- • Draft scopes of work and specifications for retrofits and commissioning.
- • Coordinate installation and commissioning; verify proper operation and performance.
- • Perform measurement and verification of savings using standard protocols.
- • Design or support demand response and load management strategies.
- • Educate customers and stakeholders on efficient practices and equipment selection.
- • Collect, organize, and analyze field and interval data to track KPIs.
- • Identify health, safety, and code issues related to energy projects.
- • Support rebate, incentive, and financing applications with required documentation.
- • Collaborate with facility staff, contractors, and utility partners to deliver projects on schedule and budget.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
