- Author
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TenWolde, A.
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Burch, D. M.
- Title
- Ventilation, Moisture Control, and Indoor Air Quality in Manufactured Houses. A Review of Proposed Changes in the HUD Standards and a Proposal for Revised Standards.
- Coporate
- Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Sponsor
- Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC
- Report
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Interagency Agreement 92-59,
1996,
39 p.
- Keywords
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manufactured housing
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ventilation
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moisture control
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indoor air quality
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kitchens
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standards
- Abstract
- In 1987 Congress passed legislation that required the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to revise its energy conservation standard for manufactured housing. On February 24, 1992, HUD published a notice of proposed rule making which detailed these changes (Department of Housing and Urban Development 1992). Because of HUD's concern about the potential effect of the proposed changes on moisture, ventilation and indoor air quality, HUD contracted with the USDA, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) in Madison, Wisconsin, to provide technical assistance in those areas. FPL initiated a cooperative agreement with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to provide assistance in this task. We reviewed public comments on the proposed rules from 26 individuals or organizations who commented on issues relating to ventilation, air quality, and moisture control, and categorized those comments into several main issues. This report contains a discussion of technical issues raised in those comments, and FPL/NIST proposals for revisions in the standards. We have divided this report into two separate sections: the first section deals with all the proposals, comments, and issues relating to ventilation and air quality; the second section deals with moisture control.