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Energy Star Manufactured Homes: The Plant Certification Process, Florida Solar Energy Center, David Chasar
Energy Star Manufactured Homes: The Plant Certification Process, Florida Solar Energy Center, David Chasar
FSEC Energy Research Center®
In an on-going collaboration over the last ten years, researchers have worked with the manufactured housing industry offering building science advice and conducting diagnostic testing (Chandra et al 2002). This partnership resulted in the first two HUD code ENERGY STAR homes in 1997 and the development of standardized, in-plant Duct Blaster testing in 2001. One manufacturer is currently testing duct leakage on every home in 12 factories, representing over 8,000 homes per year.
In 2001, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) introduced the ENERGY STAR label for manufactured homes. Guidelines for this program focus on certification of the HUD-code plant …
Optimizing Manufactured Housing Energy Use, Florida Solar Energy Center, Mark Mcginley
Optimizing Manufactured Housing Energy Use, Florida Solar Energy Center, Mark Mcginley
FSEC Energy Research Center®
In partnership with the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC), two manufactured homes were located on North Carolina A&T State University's campus in Greensboro, NC and used in a side-by-side energy consumption comparison. One of the homes was built to the basic HUD code standard and the other was constructed with features expected to produce a home that was 50% more energy efficient.
FSEC and NCATSU began monitoring energy performance in both homes. In addition, the performance of each unit was evaluated using a DOE2 based computer energy analysis program developed by FSEC. A comparison of the performance of the units …