| Goldilocks says energy audit training is "just right" for | | | | businesses in the US alone, in need of reducing their |
| her - and for her husband. What is so "just right" about | | | | energy cost to stay in their game competitively. |
| it? Well, it's much more than the chair, the bowl of | | | | - Energy audits for new buildings are already |
| porridge and the bed. | | | | mandatory in some places, and this will increasingly |
| Becoming an energy auditor builds on at least seven | | | | happen. |
| growing trends and opportunities that have come | | | | - Energy efficiency training may take only a short time |
| together to make this a low-risk, rewarding and | | | | in order to become a fully certified energy auditor, |
| lucrative occupation, or business. Lets have a look at | | | | from a zero knowledge base in this area. |
| why this is... | | | | - Training can be in face-to-face classes, or online |
| First, what do energy audits do? | | | | career training, where the second option adds low-cost |
| Energy audit training equips the student with skills to | | | | and convenience to other benefits of taking energy |
| help people with rising energy-cost problems that are | | | | audit courses. Some energy audit training courses |
| growing as we speak. An energy assessment in a | | | | teach you how to set up as a small energy auditor |
| residential home, commercial or public building identifies | | | | business as part of their training. I told you it's more |
| where energy is wasted. | | | | than kept Goldilocks happy back in those days where |
| When acting on an energy audit report the building | | | | the three bears' home did not run any gas or electricity! |
| owner will on average save around 30% or more on | | | | Energy management is a buzzword like never before. |
| their power bill. | | | | In small business and big. One famous US beverage |
| Goldilocks trends and opportunities | | | | producer for example, committed itself to saving 5.6 |
| These are the trends that Goldilocks finds so enticing: | | | | million kilowatt hours by just replacing its lighting system |
| - Energy costs - your electricity bill and gas bill - are | | | | in 24 of its facilities in 2009. |
| going up and will continue to go up. Rising fossil fuel | | | | Self-employment is on the rise |
| costs and high renewable energy costs combine to | | | | According to a Yahoo, Hot Jobs article, energy |
| make this an inevitable reality. Everyone needs to | | | | auditors can earn between $70,000 and $106,000 per |
| reduce their energy use! They want energy auditors to | | | | year. Not bad. So why is the US GDP still growing in |
| help them do that. | | | | the face of continuing job losses? Well, people are |
| - Climate change forces a reduction in greenhouse gas | | | | taking to becoming self-employed. 126,000 Americans |
| emissions globally. | | | | did so in the last quarter of 2009. |
| - Governments everywhere are offering generous | | | | Energy audit training is just one such opportunity in a |
| incentives to have energy audits done to save their | | | | rising "green" market. Many will take it in 2010 and |
| economies, both to save money and create new, | | | | beyond. It is not one of the best careers for the future. |
| green, jobs. A free energy audit anyone? | | | | It is it now. |
| - There are a 109 million homes and 5.6 million small | | | | |