§17071 Energy Code Improvements Applicable to Manufactured Housing

Summary

The Secretary must create energy-efficiency rules for manufactured homes not later than 4 years after December 19, 2007. The Secretary must give notice, allow comments from manufacturers and others, and talk with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, who may get advice from the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee. The rules should follow the latest International Energy Conservation Code (including supplements) unless the Secretary finds the code is not cost-effective or a stricter rule would save more money, based on effects on purchase price and total life-cycle construction and operating costs. The rules may consider factory design, use HUD climate zones instead of the Code’s zones, and allow alternative methods that use equal or less energy. The standards must be updated not later than 1 year after December 19, 2007 and within 1 year after any revision to the International Energy Conservation Code. Any manufacturer who violates these rules must pay a civil penalty to the United States of up to 1 percent of the manufacturer’s retail list price of the home.