Revision of the Energy-Efficiency Requirements in the Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards

Conner, Craig C. ; Dillon, Heather E. ; Lucas, Robert G. ; Lubliner, Michael

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S.)

关键词: Safety Standards;    Life-Cycle Cost;    Energy Efficiency Standards;    Roofs;    29 Energy Planning, Policy And Economy;   

DOI  :  10.2172/15020923
RP-ID  :  PNNL-14458
RP-ID  :  AC05-76RL01830
RP-ID  :  15020923

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

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.