Title 24 Energy Compliance for California Permits
Black Diamond prepares Title 24 compliance for homes, additions, ADUs, and commercial projects in Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley. Energy calculations and compliance forms are built into your plan set from the start, so your project is ready for permit under the current California Energy Code.
What Is Title 24 in California?
Title 24, Part 6, is the California Energy Code, the statewide standard that sets how much energy a building can be designed to use. Every new home, addition, ADU, and most commercial projects must show compliance before the city will issue a permit. The current 2025 edition took effect January 1, 2026, and moves new construction toward heat pumps for heating, cooling, and water heating.
Why Title 24 Belongs in the Initial Design
Compliance is shaped by decisions made early: how the building faces the sun, how much glass it has, and the roof, insulation, and mechanical systems. When energy requirements are part of the first design, those choices work together, and the finished building is more comfortable and less expensive to run.
When compliance waits until the end, the energy report can call for new windows, added insulation, or different equipment after the plans are drawn, which adds cost and redesign time before the permit.
Why Work With a Drafting & Design Team Versed in Title 24 Energy Compliance?
Black Diamond handles Title 24 energy compliance as part of the design, rather than as a separate report ordered at the end. Because we draft the plans and coordinate the MEP sheets, the energy calculations match the drawings, the equipment schedules, and the construction details exactly.
We work in Climate Zone 15 every day, so we know which glazing, roof, and HVAC choices perform here and how local building departments review compliance forms. If plan check returns energy comments, we answer them directly with the city and update your construction documents.
Title 24 Services We Provide
Residential Title 24
Energy compliance for new homes, ADUs, additions, and alterations, including the heat pump and solar requirements that apply to new single-family construction. Calculations and forms are bound into your plan set for submittal.
Commercial Title 24
Nonresidential compliance for tenant improvements, remodels, and new commercial buildings, covering envelope, lighting, and mechanical systems. Documentation is coordinated with your MEP plans so every discipline matches.
Designing for Desert Heat
Climate Zone 15 covers Palm Springs, Indio, and the rest of the valley, and cooling loads drive much of the compliance here. We plan orientation, shading, glazing, and roof choices to meet the code efficiently, and new pool and spa heaters are sized to the solar or heat pump requirements.
Serving Indio, La Quinta, Palm Desert and the Desert Cities
3 Steps to Title 24 Compliance
01
Review the design
We review the building envelope, glazing, orientation, and HVAC and water heating systems against current California energy code.
02
Model and document
We prepare the Title 24 energy calculations and compliance forms, and identify adjustments if the design falls short.
03
Build it into the set
The documentation goes directly into your plan set, so energy compliance is reviewed alongside the rest of the submittal.
Here's What People Are Saying
“Communication and follow through”
Enrique was great. His communication and follow through were the strengths. Made himself available to the contractor during the construction to make sure our vision was coming together as intended.
“Came out to our site within a day”
After searching and contacting many different drafting and design services with no luck on callbacks and no-shows to appointments, I was referred to Enrique. He came out to our site within a day and gave us great ideas to build on. We had him do our plans and design, and he also submitted for our permit. Very easy and knowledgeable to work with. Highly recommend Enrique to anyone.
“Stood by me every step of the way”
Enrique went over and above to help get the plans prepared to get my project approved. There were a lot of revisions requested by the City of La Quinta, but Enrique stood by me every step of the way. He was professional and very responsive. Highly recommend.
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