Title 24 reports for Burbank permits.
Burbank is one of the few cities that writes its energy submittal spec down — naming the compliance software by version, on its own pre-approved ADU correction list.
A city that names the compliance software
Most cities ask for “Title 24 calcs” and leave it there. Burbank’s BPAP (pre-approved ADU) Plan Check Correction List, dated 01/2026, has a Section Q for energy: a complete calculation by performance or prescriptive method, with forms “CF-1R and MF-1R must be reproduced on the drawings and signed by the Designer or Owner and the Document Author.” It names the engines too — “either Energy Pro 9.4.0 or CBECC-Res 2025.1.0” — with digital signatures from both parties. The pre-approved ADU page adds that reports must be registered on CHEERS.org and the CF-1R run at All Orientation, and spells out the solar math: a 250 sf solar zone, no PV required below 1.8 kWdc.
That specificity matters because the clock is long. Plan check runs through ProjectDox, where a first-time applicant can’t self-register — an invitation is issued after the application is emailed in. First review runs up to eight weeks, rechecks two to four. Corrections arrive in one batch only after every department has finished, with no uploads before then, so one weak energy set costs a month. Even an over-the-counter HVAC change-out is listed twice on the Tier 1 list with “energy report required.” Burbank is a single climate zone — CZ 9 citywide — and unlike neighboring Glendale it has no CEC-approved local energy ordinance.
One thing that doesn’t change by city: my price and turnaround are flat statewide — $99 first report, $150 flat after, 24–48 hours on your first job. What differs city to city is what happens on the plan-check side before and after the CF1R lands in your permit set, which is what this page covers.
Prices
Flat fees, in writing before I start. No hourly, no bid package, no change-order games — the number on the quote is the number on the invoice.
Your first report with me
One per client, homes under 3,000 square feet. Full energy model, CF1R and CHEERS registration. It’s a test run — send one job and see how it goes.
Every model after the first
The standard rate once you’re a client — the second building, ADU plus main house, the next project that walks in. Back in 3 business days.
Over 3,000 square feet
Quoted from the plans before any work starts, same day.
24×36 plan-sheet set
Your CF1R laid out full size, matched to your drawing set. Comes back as a PDF you drop straight in.
Revisions
Two revisions included, plus questions any time. Past two I quote first, before I touch it.
Commercial / tenant improvement
Send the plans and you’ll have a flat quote back the same day. No deposit, no minimum.
One honest note
I’m not a licensed engineer or architect, and I don’t stamp drawings. On the CF1R I’m the documentation author — you stay the responsible designer. Nothing about your role on the job changes.
That’s on purpose. I’m not after your scope or your clients. I do one piece of the permit set — the piece that usually holds it up — and I do it fast.
Burbank plan-check questions
If yours isn’t here, see the full FAQ or call and ask.
How long does Burbank plan check take?
Does Burbank say which energy software it accepts?
What is CHEERS registration, and is it extra?
California requires the compliance certificate to be registered with an approved data registry before the building department will accept it. I use CHEERS, and registration is included in the rate — no separate registry fee, no account you have to open.
Does my ADU or addition actually need one?
Almost certainly. New conditioned floor area — ADUs, JADUs, garage conversions, additions — triggers Title 24. So do alterations that touch the envelope, the ductwork, or the HVAC equipment, including a straight change-out. A remodel that only moves non-structural interior partitions usually doesn’t.
Send it either way. If it doesn’t need a report I’ll say so and there’s no charge for the look.
Send your Burbank plans.
The CF1R comes back CHEERS-registered and signed on both lines, so the energy section isn't what sends the job into another eight-week cycle.