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It highlights that these structures are often ineligible for traditional weatherization programs and proposes the Energy Efficient Manufactured Housing Act of 2009 to provide rebates for ENERGY STAR qualified homes. The text details the differences between mobile, manufactured, and modular homes, and provides demographic data on residents of pre-1980 manufactured housing.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"eesi-000154#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Approximately 2 million mobile homes produced before 1976 remain in use across all 50 U.S. states, with the highest concentrations in the South (about 1 million units) and the West (about 750,000 units). 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Because of their poor condition, traditional energy conservation and the Department of Energy’s Weatherization Assistance Program are generally not applicable.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"eesi-000154#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Energy Efficient Manufactured Housing Act of 2009 (H.R. 1749/S. 1320) proposes grants for state agencies to offer rebates up to $7,500 to low-income owners of pre-1976 mobile homes to purchase ENERGY STAR qualified manufactured homes that are at least 15 percent more efficient than minimum codes.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"eesi-000154#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Demographic data shows that 55 percent of households in manufactured homes built before 1980 have incomes below 150% of the poverty level. 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Specific technology sectors—including wind, solar, biofuels, and geothermal—are detailed alongside the impact of policy mechanisms like Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) and investment tax credits.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"eesi-000308#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"In 2006, the renewable energy and energy efficiency industries in the United States created 8.5 million direct and indirect jobs, with 450,000 in RE and 8 million in EE.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"eesi-000308#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Renewable energy is found to be more labor-intensive than the fossil fuel sector, creating more jobs per megawatt of power installed, per unit of energy produced, and per dollar of investment.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"eesi-000308#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"A national Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) of 20% by 2020 is estimated to create 185,000 new RE development jobs and provide $25.6 billion in income to rural landowners, farmers, and ranchers.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"eesi-000308#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In Germany, renewable energy employment grew from 160,500 green jobs in 2004 to 249,300 in 2007, with wind power accounting for 34% of these jobs in 2007.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"eesi-000308#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The solar industry in the US is projected to employ 150,000 people in 25 years, and the extension of the 30 percent solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC) could support 440,000 jobs.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"eesi-000308#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The US ethanol industry created 163,034 jobs across all economic sectors in 2006 and supported 238,541 jobs in 2007.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"eesi-000308#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In contrast to the growth in green sectors, US coal mining employment declined from 185,000 jobs in 1985 to 80,000 in 2005, despite an increase in coal output.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"eesi-000308#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["renewable energy","energy efficiency","green job","solar energy","wind power","biofuel","biodiesel","geothermal energy","Renewable portfolio standard","fossil fuel","natural gas","nuclear power"],"geography_discussed":["Texas","Florida","California","Washington","Ohio","Massachusetts","European Union","Denmark","Germany","Spain","Brazil","Bangladesh","India","United Kingdom"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["economic assessment","employment projection"]}]}