Manufactured Home Energy Standard Rule’s Start Delayed by Judge

Manufactured housing groups won their bid to stop the July 1 enforcement of energy conservation standards expected to be replaced by a new Energy Department rule in the near-but-unspecified future.

That period of limbo for the rule’s compliance deadline will cause irreparable harm, Judge David A. Ezra of the US District Court for the Western District of Texas said Monday.

The Manufactured Housing Institute and the Texas Manufactured Housing Association in 2023 challenged a DOE rule that set conservation standards for duct and air sealing, insulation installation, service hot water systems, and other building elements.

The construction of manufactured homes ...