Publication Details
Revision of the Energy-Efficiency Requirements in the Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards
Citation
Conner CC, HE Dillon, RG Lucas, and M Lubliner. 2004. Revision of the Energy-Efficiency Requirements in the Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards. PNNL-14458, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
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Abstract
Energy-efficiency requirements were developed for manufactured (mobile) homes, which are regulated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. A life-cycle cost analysis from the homeowner's perspective was used to establish parameters for a least-cost home in a large number of cities. Economic, financial, and energy-efficiency measures for the life-cycle cost analysis were selected and documented. The resulting energy-efficiency levels were aggregated to zones that were expressed as a maximum overall home U-factor (thermal transmittance) requirement for the building envelope. The proposed revised standard's costs, benefits, and net value to the consumer were quantified. This analysis updates a similar effort completed in 1992, which was the basis for the existing HUD code overall U-factor requirement.
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