Title 24 reports for Oakland permits.
Oakland did not just adopt the 2025 Energy Code, it amended it. New single-family has to beat the Standard Design by an EDR1 source-energy margin of 4.5, and any residential alteration over $25,000 pulls in a panel readiness assessment.
Oakland wrote its own numbers into Part 6
Emergency Ordinance 13860, adopted 9/15/2025, added Municipal Code Chapter 15.06 and repealed the 2022 amendments in full. § 15.06.3.6000 requires new single-family to come in below the Standard Design Building’s EDR1 by a compliance margin of 4.5, and new low-rise multifamily to sit at least 8 percent lower on source energy; § 15.06.3.6005 adds balanced, filtered ventilation at MERV 16 to every unit in new multifamily of two or more habitable floors. It is codified in OMC Chapter 15.06 but not on the CEC’s approved list for the 2025 code; the ordinance recites filing with the Building Standards Commission instead. Raise it with the Bureau of Building.
The widest-reaching section is § 15.06.3.6010: a residential alteration whose construction valuation exceeds $25,000 needs an Electrical Panel Readiness Assessment plus any two of eight ready-measures, heat pump water heating through solar ready. Buildings built on or after January 1, 2023 and ADU conversions under Government Code 66323 are exempt. Oakland is Climate Zone 3; inland ZIPs nearby are Zone 12. § 15.06.1.145(F) puts a signed CF1R on the plans on every project, and the set must be a flattened vector PDF with colours stripped, so a scanned energy sheet is grounds for rejection. The all-electric rule at OMC 15.37 is still printed on the ADU checklist, but the city’s Building Electrification page says it has been legally directed to suspend it — confirm fuel type before you model.
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.
Oakland plan-check questions
If yours isn’t here, see the full FAQ or call and ask.
Does a $25,000 remodel in Oakland trigger extra energy work?
How does Oakland want the CF1R submitted?
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 Oakland plans.
The CF1R comes back full-size and signed for printing onto the plan sheets, in a flattened vector PDF that survives Oakland’s electronic submittal rules.