ENERGY SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN FOR THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR

Description of the occupation

The Technician is able to examine the energy and environmental characteristics of a building system in order to define its current level of performance and to identify possible improvement interventions, evaluating their technical and economic feasibility.

Personal traits and competences

The EST has the following competences:

Fundamentals of energetics and applied climatology
Elements of chemistry and thermodynamics
Fundamentals of electrical engineering and automatic building control systems (BACS)
Renewable and non-renewable energy sources: characteristics, use, impact
Main construction technologies and civil systems (air conditioning, hydraulics, lighting)
Main passive technical construction solutions
Energy performance indicators of a building
Main energy evaluation and graphic processing software

Technical knowledge and skills

Upon graduating, the EST is able to:

adopt the IT tools and techniques necessary to simulate the amount of savings in relation to the prefigured interventions and to provide an assessment of the investment prospects and payback times
prefiguring possible intervention scenarios by evaluating the aspects of feasibility and technical and economic feasibility
recognize the critical areas and weak points of the building-plant system on which it is possible to intervene and envisage opportunities for improvement
evaluate, for each of the prefigured interventions, the amount of economic and energy savings in order to guide the choices towards the most convenient and functional intervention to the needs expressed by the client
understand the essential elements of the energy improvement interventions to be implemented: type of intervention, characteristics, purpose, behavior over time and maintenance/management
identify the main energy technologies/systems currently available on the renewable and assimilated energy market, with particular regard to the innovative solutions promoted by current legislation
prefiguring the most suitable energy systems for the interventions to be carried out, evaluating the functional and applicative characteristics of the various technologies available
evaluate the various opportunities for modification/integration of the envelope technologies and pre-existing plant components
Adopt techniques and tools for the maintenance and management of technical systems by identifying the optimal combination of resources, tools, times and methods and define a hypothesis for an energy performance improvement plan in its essential aspects that takes into account the maintenance and management of interventions
identify ways to optimize the contribution of environmental energy sources, satisfying the requirements of comfort and well-being through passive control of the microclimate of the building
identify all possible sources of funding and incentive systems currently in place
evaluate the functionality of the plan by prefiguring possible improvements, modifications or adaptations also according to the objectives set

Employment prospects

With a bright future ahead, the renewables sector has no shortage of excellent pathways for jobseekers looking to enter the clean energy market.

Working conditions

The Energy systems technician works both in the office and in the field with functional technical inspections to examine the energy and environmental characteristics of a system/building/plant. The use of software tools for the proper performance of the work, and the adoption and compliance with health and safety standards during the necessary inspections, contribute to the creation of effective and safe working conditions.

PROFESSIONAL LICENCE

Not required.