In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years. OMB requests that the Agency update the supporting statement to the standard 18 question format in the next ICR renewal.
Inventory as of this Action
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Previously Approved
01/31/2024
36 Months From Approved
282,224
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177,847
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ENERGY STAR is a voluntary energy efficiency labeling and public outreach program aimed at forming public-private partnerships that prevent air pollution rather than control it after its creation. This ICR covers information collection activities under the ENERGY STAR Program within the new residential construction and existing residential construction markets. ENERGY STAR promotes energy efficient new home construction and cost-effective energy efficiency improvements in existing homes.
EPAs program changes include the sunsetting of several programs and collections that were burdened in ICR 2193.03, including the Lender Partnership Program, the Designed to Earn Program, and the Outreach Partnership. In addition, the Home Performance with ENERGY STAR (HPwES) Program was transferred from EPA to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in 2015. Eliminating or transferring these programs reduced respondent hourly burden and O&M costs (postage) under the program. Also, EPA will no longer collect homeowner information related to ENERGY STAR certified homes or other programmatic information under this ICR.
In addition, EPA reorganized and streamlined a number of the checklists and the documentation process used to verify homes for the ENERGY STAR label and provided for greater independent verification of the results. This included, among other things, eliminating a water management system builder checklist. Finally, EPA made other modifications to its collections to improve the programs performance, such as the addition of a new respondent category (Multifamily High Rise Review Organizations or MROs) to oversee MFHR developers and the addition of annual reporting for certain respondent types.
EPAs adjustments include updating the number of respondents and burdens in ICR 2193.04 based on improved data and analysis. The burden estimates in ICR 2193.04 reflect EPA's program experience gained over the past three years. In particular, EPA adjusted the number of respondents involved in the certification process and homes being certified (e.g., site-built) and their associated burdens. The burden estimates in ICR 2193.04 reflect EPA's expectation for the same general level of participation by home builders and others in site built and low-rise homes certification as ICR 2193.03. EPA also improved its analysis of the proportion of site-built and low-rise homes that will be individually and collectively rated and their respective burdens.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Energy Star Program in the Residential Sector: Private Sector