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We are a certified Title 24 consultant and can generate a certified Title 24 report (also called CF1R or Title 24 Certificate of Compliance) for your project.
We charge an all inclusive fee and deliver a 1 to 2 day turn around time to generate a Title 24 report for most projects. We have successfully delivered on hundreds of projects, in virtually every county of California, in our 8 plus years of being in business. You can have a look at some of the excellent reviews that our clients have left us.
With us, you can rest assured that you would have everything that your city needs pertaining to the Title 24 requirements for your permit application.
Please see below some of the most frequently asked questions about our services.
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- What is a Title 24 report? Why do you need one?
- Where and how can you get a Title 24 report?
- Why should you choose us as your Title 24 consultant?
- How much do we charge for a Title 24 report?
- What does your Title 24 consulting fee include?
- When do you pay the Title 24 consulting fee and what payment methods do we accept?
- What does your Title 24 consulting fee not include?
- How long would it take to generate a Title 24 report for your project?
- What information do we need to get started on your Title 24 report?
- How do you share the above information with us? How do we get started with your Title 24 report?
- What is the detailed process that we follow after you request a Title 24 report from us?
- Are our Title 24 reports certified and will they be accepted by the building department?
- What if the building department gets back with any comments or corrections on your Title 24 report?
What is a Title 24 report? Why do you need one?
A Title 24 energy report is a certification that confirms that your project’s design complies with the California energy standards (also called Title 24 energy standards). The Title 24 energy standards are a set of rules and requirements that govern the energy efficient construction of residential and commercial projects in California. All new constructions or remodels or small alterations are required to meet these standards and hence all building departments in California will require you to submit a Title 24 report (also called CF1R) as a part of your plans for permit application.
Where and how can you get a Title 24 report?
You can work with a Title 24 energy consultant, such as us, to help your project comply with the California Title 24 energy code. The Title 24 consultant would run a thorough simulation of your project design to check compliance with the energy code and suggest the specifications that you need (in terms of insulation levels, HVAC efficiency, Water Heater efficiency, window performance ratings, etc) to pass the Title 24 energy code requirements in a cost effective manner. The Title 24 consultant would then generate a certified Title 24 certificate for you which you would add to your plans and submit to the building department.
Why should you choose us as your Title 24 consultant?
We are a certified Title 24 energy consultant and have successfully delivered Title 24 consulting services on hundreds of successfully completed projects, all across California, in our 8 plus years of being in business.
In many cases we have taken up projects that were in a tough spot and we worked along with the client to help find a suitable solution to their compliance challenges.
We take pride in the excellent reviews that our customers have left us. You can have a look at some of our reviews here.
We charge an all inclusive, cost effective fee and don’t nickel and dime. The fee includes everything including the registration of the Title 24 report. The final certified Title 24 report PDFs that we send to you are also formatted as Arch D or Arch E1 sheets, ready for print or submission to the city.
We also handle future plan check comments or corrections, even if they require a revision to the Title 24 report, without any additional costs.
How much do we charge for a Title 24 report?
We charge an all-inclusive fee of $250 for providing the Title 24 consulting service and Title 24 report for most residential projects.
And an all inclusive fee of $350 for providing the Title 24 consulting service and Title 24 report for most commercial projects.
The above pricing holds good for all single family residential projects and ADUs, where the total conditioned floor area is < 3500 SF and for commercial projects where the total conditioned floor area is < 5500 SF. If you have multiple dwelling units or areas larger than the above, please email us at viranchi@gettitle24.com and we will get back to you with an accurate estimate and if required, a detailed proposal.
What does your Title 24 consulting fee include?
Our Title 24 consulting fee is all inclusive, it includes all of the below.
- A thorough compliance check of your project with the California Title 24 energy code requirements.
- Recommending cost effective upgrades to your project in order to meet the Title 24 energy code’s compliance requirements
- Working along with you to finetune upgrades and requirements
- Generating and Registering your Title 24 report with a HERs provider
- Delivering your certified Title 24 report in 8×11 sized as well as plan sized PDFs (24×36 or 30×42 sheet sizes) over email which would be ready for submission to the city
- Delivering a handy summary of the requirements specified in your Title 24 report for your easy understanding and reference
- Addressing any plan check comments or corrections, if any, regarding your Title 24 report from the building department
- Always being there – For any questions or help needed on the Title 24 report front!
When do you pay the Title 24 consulting fee and what payment methods do we accept?
We generally collect the payment upfront. You could process the payment when placing the order on our website or we generally send a payment link as we begin working on the Title 24 report.
We accept digital payments via card or paypal. You could also pay us via an ACH credit to our bank account. We currently don’t accept checks.
What does your Title 24 consulting fee not include?
We do not charge for making revisions to the Title 24 report which are due to plan check comments.
But if you would like us to revise the Title 24 report due to any design changes, after it has been generated or registered, we generally charge a small revision fee to rerun the Title 24 compliance check and regenerate a new Title 24 report for you. This fee is generally about $75 for most residential projects.
How long would it take to generate a Title 24 report for your project?
We generally complete the Title 24 compliance check in about 1 working day. After the compliance check is complete and you approve the requirement summary that we send to you, we register the Title 24 report and send it over as plan sized sheets.
We are able to deliver a Title 24 report for most single family residences and ADUs in 1 – 2 working days.
Please note: Once the compliance check is complete, we send over a summary of the requirements and we wait till you review them. These are the requirements that your project needs to comply with the Title 24 energy code such as insulation levels, HVAC and water heater types and efficiencies, window performance ratings, etc. Once you give us a go ahead to proceed with the requirements, we register the Title 24 report and send it over asap. But if you would like us to change or finetune any of the requirements, we can do that as well since the code allows for tradeoffs between some of the requirements. If you need changes at this stage, we rework the Title 24 calculations and revert as soon as possible, free of cost, and we can keep doing this till we arrive at an optimum set of building specifications. The end goal is to generate a Title 24 report which requires specifications which are cost effective and are also per your preferences. So the time to generate a Title 24 report for you is also dependent on your review and the number of back and forths we have. Hence it’s good to leave some buffer time in your timelines so that you get a satisfactory end result in working with us.
What information do we need to get started on your Title 24 report?
In order to start working on your Title 24 report, we require the below:
- Architectural plans – especially the Floor plans, Window and Door Schedule, Ceiling height, preferably also the Elevations, Sections, Site plan and Cover sheet.
- Information on the type of proposed HVAC and Water Heater.
- Besides the above project specific details, we also need to have information of the responsible person who would be signing off on the Title 24 report. We sign off as the Documentation Author but the Responsible Person needs to be either the Architect, Designer, Builder, Contractor or the Homeowner-Builder. We need their Full Name, Company name (if applicable), Address, Email and Phone.
How do you share the above information with us? How do we get started with your Title 24 report?
You can initiate the process via the Order a Title 24 report button on our website. It will direct you to a form where you can fill in the important details mentioned above, upload the project plans and process the payment. We then get started on your Title 24 report immediately.
Alternatively, you can also send us an email with the project plans in PDF format, along with a brief description of the project, at viranchi@gettitle24.com and we can get started asap.
Please feel free to email us at viranchi@gettitle24.com or call us at 714-888-4736 in case of any other questions or concerns.
What is the detailed process that we follow after you request a Title 24 report from us?
You can please go to this page where we have written in detail the process followed by us to generate your Title 24 report and the various stages of dependency on you as the client.
Are our Title 24 reports certified and will they be accepted by the building department?
All our Title 24 reports are certified. They are signed by a certified Title 24 consultant.
Our residential Title 24 reports are registered with a HERS registry, certified and water marked, and ready for submission to the city.
Our Title 24 reports will be acceptable to all building departments across California and we have successfully delivered projects in every county of California.
What if the building department gets back with any comments or corrections on your Title 24 report?
If the city gets back with any comments or corrections on your Title 24 report, we accordingly address the comments and revise the Title 24 report without any additional fee.