DOE Floats New Data That Could Inform Manufactured Home Efficiency Rules

The Energy Department (DOE) is asking for public input on additional data that could inform long-pending energy conservation standards for manufactured homes, following complaints that prior proposals would bar access to energy-efficient homes for low-income families. In a notice of data availability (NODA) published in the Oct. 26 Federal Register , DOE provides updated data like manufactured housing prices, as well as new analysis of how conservation standards could be “tiered” based on a home’s size. As part of the...