Title 24 Consultant Near Me

The short answer

• Who we are. A California Title 24 consultancy that prepares the certificates of compliance building departments ask for: the CF1R, the LMCC and the NRCC.
• Where. Every California city and county, in all 16 building climate zones. The work is done remotely, so how far you are from us makes no difference.
• Cost. From $199 for an ADU, $245 for a house and $345 for multi-family. Commercial projects are quoted free after we review the plans.
• Turnaround. 2–3 business days as standard, or 24 hours for $95. Commercial projects take 4–5 business days from a complete scope.
• How. You upload your plans as PDFs and the permit-ready report comes back by email, registered with CHEERS where required, with unlimited revisions until you comply.

Searching for a Title 24 consultant nearby is a reasonable instinct, but proximity is not what makes the difference on an energy compliance report. Title 24 is a statewide code. What matters is whether your consultant works in the right climate zone, knows what your building department asks for, and is reachable when a correction letter arrives.

Why "near me" matters less than you would think

Every part of the process is remote by nature. Plans arrive as PDFs, the model is built in CEC-approved software, registration is electronic, and the finished report is emailed to you. Nobody needs to visit your site to prepare a CF1R. What a local firm genuinely offers is familiarity with local plan checkers — and that is knowledge, not geography.

Service area: all of California

We prepare reports for projects anywhere in California, in all 16 building climate zones. The zone comes from the project address rather than the city name, and it changes the envelope and window requirements and the energy budget a performance model is measured against. Where a ZIP code spans more than one zone, the local jurisdiction may designate which one applies. You can look up your zone by ZIP code, but you do not have to: we confirm it from the address when you order.

The one genuinely local question is whether your city or county has adopted a reach code, an ordinance that goes further than the state Energy Code. That is worth confirming with your building department whoever prepares the report. Pages for individual cities and counties are on the locations page.

How remote Title 24 work happens

1. Upload your plans. Through the order form, as PDFs, up to ten files at 49 MB each, with the project address and a short description of the work. Commercial projects send their plans for a free quote instead.
2. We check the scope and the zone. We confirm the climate zone from the address and which certificate your scope needs. If a sheet is missing we ask for it, and the turnaround runs from the point we have everything.
3. We model the design. The building is modelled in CEC-approved software and the certificate prepared for your building type.
4. Registration happens online. Where the project requires it, the report is registered with CHEERS and signed electronically. If you are the architect, designer or contractor and want your own CHEERS signature on it, give us your CHEERS account and CHEERS emails you an invitation to sign.
5. The report arrives by email. You receive a permit-ready PDF. If plan check returns a comment on the energy documentation, email us the correction letter; revisions are unlimited until your project complies.

Questions before ordering cost nothing. The on-site parts of Title 24 come later and belong to others: the installers' certificates, ECC-Rater field testing where the report calls for it, and the building inspection. What happens after you receive your report explains them, and how to choose a Title 24 consultant lists the questions worth asking any provider, us included.

What you actually want from a consultant

• Direct access. Talk to the analyst preparing your report, not a ticket queue.
• Climate zone accuracy. Requirements vary across all 16 zones — we determine yours from the project address.
• Plan-check support. Send us the correction letter; responding is covered, with unlimited revisions until you comply.
• Honest scoping. If your project does not need a report, we will tell you.
• Speed. 2–3 business days standard, with 24-hour and 4–6 hour options.

Pricing

• ADU — from $199, includes up to 1,000 sq ft
• Residential — from $245, includes up to 3,500 sq ft
• Multi-Family — from $345, includes up to 4,000 sq ft and 4 units
• Commercial — quoted after we review your plans, free

Additional square footage is itemised in the order form, so the figure you see before paying is the figure you pay. Revisions are unlimited until your project complies. A 24-hour rush is $95.

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