ENERGY STAR® and Zero Energy Ready Home for Manufactured Housing

ENERGY STAR® Manufactured Homes and Zero Energy Ready Home (ZERH) Manufactured Homes are two important federal programs that promote higher energy efficiency and quality for new housing of this type. As the I’m HOME Network’s recently released Manufactured Housing Industry Benchmark report noted, in 2023, 103 home production facilities were certified to build ENERGY STAR homes, and 31,749 homes were certified. The ZERH program was new for manufactured housing in 2023 and by the end of that year, 40 facilities had been certified. As of March 2024, 7,288 homes had achieved ZERH certification.

In this webinar, program managers from each of these initiatives will explain the programs’ home performance goals and requirements for certification. Additionally, they will demonstrate how the programs partner with manufacturers to deliver certified homes. Elliot Siebert, a technical manager at the US Environmental Protection Agency, will describe the ENERGY STAR program. Joe Nebbia, the DOE Zero Energy Ready Home operations director at the Department of Energy, will reveal how ZERH was adapted for manufactured housing and how it encourages manufacturers to participate. During the discussion, we will explore strategies to increase awareness of these programs and their benefits, as well as ways to motivate more manufacturers to build certified homes. Kimberly Vermeer, author of the Industry Benchmark report, will share highlights from it to give context to the presentations.