The Plan Checker Asks for the Title 24 Software File: What Is It and Who Provides It?
The file is the electronic input file that the approved compliance software produced behind a performance CF1R. Section 10-103 lets the department require it. The preparer holds it, not the owner, and it supports the registered CF1R, which stays the document the department approves.
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What is being requested
Section 10-103(a)2C gives the enforcement agency authority to require supporting documentation used to generate the certificate of compliance, including the electronic input file of the compliance software behind a performance CF1R. It is a check on the numbers, not a second certificate.
Three names for nearly the same thing
- Input file: the building model entered in the software.
- XML: the Compliance Data Exchange File, an XML file holding the data used to fill in the compliance document.
- Compliance Registration Package: the signed or encrypted bundle sent to the registry, which includes that XML. A common form is a zip file, protected with a password.
Who has it
Whoever ran the software, normally the preparer. A performance certificate must be produced with Commission-approved compliance software, and the registry receives the data as a package from it. The input file named in Section 10-103(a)2C belongs to performance certificates. A prescriptive CF1R has no simulation model behind it, so ask the department what other supporting documentation it wants.
If you hold only a PDF
Go back to the person who prepared the report and ask for the input file in the format the department names. If you need to find or install the approved software, the Commission lists it on its website and the Energy Code Hotline can help. If the package is a password-protected zip, as the registry appendix describes, send the password in a separate message.
For the tool itself see the compliance software page; for timing see plan check time; for the rules behind the model see the ACM reference manual guide and the hotline page. Our residential reports are run in approved software.
Common Title 24 Questions
- What is Title 24?
- Do I need a Title 24 report?
- How much does a Title 24 report cost?
- How long does a Title 24 report take?
- What is included in a Title 24 report?
- What plans do I need to upload?
Frequently Asked Questions
No. The registered CF1R is still the document the department approves. The file only lets the examiner check how it was produced.
Section 10-103(a)2C lets the department require it with the permit application. In practice the preparer supplies it, because the preparer holds the software output.
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