Can a Title 24 Project Move From One ECC Registry to Another?
Not in the middle of a document chain. The CF3R goes into the same registry that holds the project's CF1R and CF2R, and no provider may knowingly accept documents for a project with an open failed test in another registry. The Commission currently lists one approved provider, so the question is mostly about the future.
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One project, one registry
The single-family compliance manual says the ECC-Rater transmits the CF3R to an approved registry, and that this must be the same registry that registered the CF1R and CF2R. It adds that the rater must be certified by that registry's provider. The rater also confirms, before testing, that the compliance and installation certificates are registered there (Reference Residential Appendix RA2.6.1). Documents in two places would leave the rater nothing to check against.
The lock when a test has failed
Once a rater registers a failed test, the provider locks the project by address or permit number and allows no further documents except from the rater of record or an allowed substitute. Section 10-103.3(b)1Aviii.c goes further: a provider shall not knowingly accept documents for a project with an active failed test in any other provider's registry, and must report a suspected breach to the Commission. A switch meant to escape a failure would be refused. What the failure process looks like is on the failed ECC test page.
If a second provider is approved
- Every registry must use the same digital-signature technology, because the Commission's document repository will not support several approaches, so a registered certificate is checked the same way wherever it came from.
- Each registry sends completed documents to that repository once the Executive Director approves it.
- Approval itself is required before any registry can demonstrate compliance (Section 10-109(a)). To see who is listed, use the approved-provider check.
Questions to ask before the rater is booked
Which registry holds the CF1R? Is the rater certified by that provider? Is any failure open anywhere? For a project that began with a registry that has since closed, CalCERTS to CHEERS covers what the Commission required. The wider picture is under whether your reports are CHEERS registered, and our residential service registers where the code requires it.
Common Title 24 Questions
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- What is included in a Title 24 report?
- What plans do I need to upload?
Frequently Asked Questions
It can be. The rater must be certified by the provider whose registry holds the CF1R and CF2R, so ask before booking.
Only where the Commission has required it, as it did when a provider closed. Otherwise keep the chain in one registry.
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