Title 24 reports for Carlsbad and Encinitas permits.
Seven miles apart, same climate zone, and both cities wrote their own amendment to Energy Code section 150.2 — but only Encinitas got the Energy Commission’s sign-off. Carlsbad enforces its version anyway, out of the municipal code.
Both amended Part 6; one has CEC sign-off
Encinitas is codified and CEC-approved for the 2025 code: EMC § 23.12.080, Ordinance 2025-11, on the Energy Commission’s approved list as of 1/21/2026, and the only San Diego County jurisdiction on it. Its added §150.2(d) applies to the entire dwelling unit, not just the altered portion, whenever a single-family addition or alteration carries a permit valuation of $50,000 or more, and any one measure marked Available in Table 150.2-H satisfies it. Carlsbad is codified in CMC Chapter 18.30 but not on the CEC’s approved list for the 2025 code — seven sections of Part 6 amendments, carried in by Ordinance CS-498. Its §150.2(d) triggers at $60,000.
The menus differ. Encinitas opens every Table 150.2-H measure to every vintage except R-15 wall insulation, pre-1978 only. Carlsbad splits hard at 1978: a pre-1978 house gets duct sealing without HERS verification, R-38 attic insulation or a cool roof; a 1978-or-later one gets a lighting package or a water heating package, nothing else. Both share one off-ramp, a DOE Home Energy Score of seven or higher. Carlsbad also requires every newly constructed residential building to derive at least 60 percent of its service water heating from on-site solar or recovered energy — a hard constraint on a new detached ADU model, and on no state list. Both are Climate Zone 7, per Carlsbad’s published design data. Encinitas enforces its rule as a signed CAP checklist drawn into the plans; Carlsbad’s B-5 wants “CF1-R Energy documents coordinated with B-50 and imprinted onto the plan.” Both plan checks expire at one year, so a correction round is worth avoiding.
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.
Carlsbad & Encinitas plan-check questions
If yours isn’t here, see the full FAQ or call and ask.
Which Carlsbad and Encinitas remodels trigger the local measure?
Will a CF1R show the Carlsbad or Encinitas measure?
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.
Plan check came back with an energy comment. Now what?
Forward it to me. If it’s a job I did, the first two revisions are free and I answer the comment directly — you don’t have to translate between your plan checker and me.
If someone else did the original report, I’ll still take it. Send the comment and the existing CF1R and you’ll get a flat quote back the same day.
Send your Carlsbad or Encinitas plans.
Say which city and the permit valuation in the notes — that pair decides whether a local §150.2(d) measure has to be picked and shown alongside the CF1R.