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ENERGY STAR Procedures for Modular
Homes
The Systems Building Research Alliance (SBRA) is pleased to invite
you to participate in the ENERGY STAR for Modular Homes program.
Working with modular builders, the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency and other stakeholders, SBRA developed these procedures for
qualifying modular homes for the ENERGY STAR label. These procedures
are designed to take advantage of and leverage the quality control
and building methods already used by modular builders.
Highlights
of the ENERGY STAR modular home qualifying program include the following:
- Instead of a requiring a third party inspection of each home (required
of site builders), the modular plant completes a one-time, ENERGY STAR certification.
The factory is then responsible for maintaining quality and conformance to ENERGY
STAR requirements using the factory's existing in-plant quality assurance procedures.
- The plant applies a quality assurance label to the ENERGY STAR homes
they build. This label, furnished by SBRA, indicates to the builder that the home
is ready to be completed as an ENERGY STAR home. The factory provides the builder
with a list of those ENERGY STAR items that must be completed at the site.
- Completion of the ENERGY STAR home is the builder's responsibility. The
builder completes the items indicated on the list provided by the factory. Conformance
with the ENERGY STAR requirements in the field is verified by a third party rater.
The rater is required to inspect all homes and test a sample (one in seven) of
the homes built by each builder.
- At the completion of construction
and verification of the ENERGY STAR features, the rater provides the builder with
a second label, a blue ENERGY STAR Qualified Home label, available from SBRA.
The two labels signify that the home qualifies under the national ENERGY STAR
program.
Modular companies interested in building ENERGY STAR
homes using these procedures should complete the Program
Registration Form and return it to SBRA.
Click here for the list of certified plants and other plants registered for the program.
For further information, please contact Gwynne Koch, SBRA's ENERGY STAR Modular Program Manager at gkoch@research-alliance.org
or (212) 496-0900 x12.
Some state and local programs that provide incentives for ENERGY STAR construction may have additional construction and/or procedural
requirements that exceed this national program.
Please use the links below to download the documents and forms required to participate:
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| MODULAR HOME BUILDING PLANTS |
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| PLANT CERTIFIERS |
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| RATERS |
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| BUILDERS |
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