Subject: ASHRAE Proposes Removal of Manufactured Homes From Energy Standard <br>


ASHRAE News Release<br>
For Release: July 8, 2003<br>	                             
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Contact: Jodi Dunlop<br> 
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ASHRAE Proposes Removal of Manufactured Homes From Energy Standard<br> 
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KANSAS CITY, MO. - Requirements for manufactured homes would be removed from the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers' (ASHRAE) residential energy standard under a proposed addendum.<br>
	ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 90.2-2001, Energy-Efficient Design of Low-Rise Residential Buildings, provides minimum requirements for the energy-efficient design of residential buildings three stories or less. It applies to new residential dwelling units and their systems, and where explicitly specified, new portions of residential dwelling units and their systems, and new systems and equipment in existing dwelling units.<br>
	Proposed addendum 90.2g was approved for a first public review at ASHRAE's 2003 Annual Meeting held here June 28-July 2. Public review dates will be announced later this summer.<br>
	The proposed addendum would delete all provisions, tables, figures and references associated solely with manufactured housing (mobile homes).<br>
	"From the first publication of the standard, the energy conservation requirements have included manufactured houses (mobile homes)," Steve Skalko, chair of the 90.2 committee, said. "Energy regulations governing manufactured housing also are under the control of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Since the standard was published last year, we have learned that the Manufactured Housing Institute recognizes only the federally mandated HUD code."<br>
	In addition, Standard 90.2 is less stringent than the HUD code in several states, including Arizona, Arkansas, California, New Mexico, North Carolina and Tennessee.<br>
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	ASHRAE, founded in 1894, is an international organization of 50,000 persons.  Its sole objective is to advance through research, standards writing, publications and education the arts and sciences of heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration to serve the evolving needs of the public.<br>
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