Title 24 reports for San Diego permits.
San Diego’s Development Services Department doesn’t publish a plan-check number — it publishes a dashboard that moves every week — and it makes you answer every discipline at once.
One late energy form holds the whole resubmittal
DSD takes everything online and publishes no fixed review time, just a dashboard it calls a weekly snapshot, in calendar days. The rule that matters: how resubmittals work. Reviews run in parallel by discipline, and “you will not be able to upload responses or corrected plans until all review disciplines have completed their cycle.” Multi-discipline corrections go in as one consolidated file. So a single energy comment — an unsigned Certificate of Compliance, a CF1R that doesn’t match the mechanical schedule — can’t be fixed on the side; it holds the whole correction cycle. And the clock only starts once set-up fees are paid.
San Diego is also two climate zones in one city: most ZIPs are Climate Zone 7, but 92127, 92128 and 92131 — Del Sur, Rancho Bernardo and Scripps Ranch — are Zone 10, so a coastal model won’t carry inland. The city accepts County of San Diego, Chula Vista and Encinitas preapproved ADU plans on a 30-day review, but the set still has to meet San Diego’s submittal guidelines, which name Title 24 calculations; detached new ADUs still carry the state solar requirement. There’s no local amendment to the Energy Code — the city is on none of the CEC’s approved lists — though its above-code energy rules sit in CALGreen instead, adopted April 22, 2026 and, the city says, pending CEC approval.
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.
San Diego plan-check questions
If yours isn’t here, see the full FAQ or call and ask.
How long does plan check take in San Diego?
Can I fix just the energy comment on a San Diego resubmittal?
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.
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 San Diego plans.
The CF1R comes back signed and consistent with the mechanical schedule — so it isn’t the item holding a consolidated resubmittal.