Why?
About 20 million Americans live in manufactured homes, often with proportionately higher energy costs than other building stocks. Yet, they remain underrepresented in energy research. This creates a major opportunity to improve their energy affordability with construction innovations for new homes and scalable retrofit solutions.
Goals
- Develop innovative ideas to scale affordable and cost-effective energy retrofits to existing MHs.
- Discuss innovative R&D for optimizing design and construction of new MHs.
Desired Outcomes
- Shared MH Baseline Data:
– Agreed baseline characterization
– List of critical data gaps to inform innovation
– Defined criteria for selecting near-term retrofit targets - Priority Retrofit Pathways:
– Defined market ready retrofit packages (enclosure, HVAC, components)
– Prioritized retrofit innovations with highest impact and scalability - Market Delivery Barriers and Opportunities:
– Identified key barriers and best practices across utilities, park owners,
and homeowners
– Defined workforce and supply chain constraints and opportunities - Financing and Scaling Mechanisms:
– Identified scalable financing mechanisms beyond rebates
– Defined aggregation strategies for park-level deployment
– Identified partnership opportunities with utilities and manufacturers - Implementation
– Defined implementation strategies for park-scale, homeowner, and rental scenarios
– Identified workforce development needs and quality assurance strategies
– Actionable solutions aligned with implementation pathways - New Manufactured Home Innovation Opportunities
– Identified innovation opportunities
– Research priorities supporting market growth and performance
Purpose
- Prioritize cost-effective, affordable and scalable retrofit pathways.
- Design toward a park-scale demonstration with potential future funding.
- Identify innovative R&D opportunities for new manufactured homes