§17071 — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary must make rules for energy efficiency in manufactured homes within 4 years after December 19, 2007. Before finalizing the rules, the Secretary must give notice and let manufacturers and others comment, and must talk with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, who can ask the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee for advice. The rules should use the latest International Energy Conservation Code unless that would not be cost-effective or a stricter rule would save more money over time, judging by how the rules affect the home’s purchase price and its lifetime building and operating costs. The rules can account for factory design, use HUD climate zones, and allow alternative methods that use equal or less energy. The standards must be updated within 1 year after December 19, 2007 and within 1 year after any update to the International Energy Conservation Code. A manufacturer who breaks the rules can be fined up to 1 percent of the home’s retail list price.

Title 42, §17071

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(a)(1)Not later than 4 years after December 19, 2007, the Secretary shall by regulation establish standards for energy efficiency in manufactured housing.

(2)Standards described in paragraph (1) shall be established after—

(A)notice and an opportunity for comment by manufacturers of manufactured housing and other interested parties; and

(B)consultation with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, who may seek further counsel from the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee.

(b)(1)The energy conservation standards established under this section shall be based on the most recent version of the International Energy Conservation Code (including supplements), except in cases in which the Secretary finds that the code 11 So in original. Probably should be “Code”. is not cost-effective, or a more stringent standard would be more cost-effective, based on the impact of the code 1 on the purchase price of manufactured housing and on total life-cycle construction and operating costs.

(2)The energy conservation standards established under this section may—

(A)take into consideration the design and factory construction techniques of manufactured homes;

(B)be based on the climate zones established by the Department of Housing and Urban Development rather than the climate zones under the International Energy Conservation Code; and

(C)provide for alternative practices that result in net estimated energy consumption equal to or less than the specified standards.

(3)The energy conservation standards established under this section shall be updated not later than—

(A)1 year after December 19, 2007; and

(B)1 year after any revision to the International Energy Conservation Code.

(c)Any manufacturer of manufactured housing that violates a provision of the regulations under subsection (a) is liable to the United States for a civil penalty in an amount not exceeding 1 percent of the manufacturer’s retail list price of the manufactured housing.

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Effective Date

Section effective on the date that is 1 day after Dec. 19, 2007, see section 1601 of Pub. L. 110–140, set out as a note under section 1824 of Title 2, The Congress.

§17071 Energy Code Improvements Applicable to Manufactured Housing

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