Title 24 reports for San Francisco permits.
The energy paperwork here has its own inspection unit, its own email address and its own final affidavit — and the Certificate of Final Completion and Occupancy does not issue until every Title 24 item is cleared.
The energy paperwork has its own inspector
The Department of Building Inspection publishes four information sheets whose only subject is Title 24 energy documentation, split by building type and all dated August 6, 2026 — M-03 covers single-family, M-06 the process. M-03 says the responsible designer fills in the CEC and Green Building Code inspection checklists and affixes them to the drawings before permit approval. Each item then becomes a form code in DBI’s Permit Tracking System. Before final, a certified ECC rater emails a compliance affidavit to DBI’s Energy Inspection Services unit, and the sheet says the permit will not be finalized without it. The carve-out: alterations where field verification is not required, such as water heater and window replacements, and additions under 300 square feet.
The whole city and county is Climate Zone 3. There is no local amendment to the Energy Code — the city publishes its own 2025 Building, Green Building, Mechanical and Plumbing codes but no San Francisco Energy Code, and sits on neither CEC approved-local-ordinance list; the electrification rules live in Building Code § 106A.1.17 and the Green Building Code. GS5, the form every residential applicant signs, carries them: freestanding ADUs must be all-electric, and for permits filed July 1, 2026 or later so must Major Renovations, a term defined at Building Code § 202. On the 2025 codes the city is blunt — there is no grace period.
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 Francisco plan-check questions
If yours isn’t here, see the full FAQ or call and ask.
Who signs off the energy work before a San Francisco permit closes?
Does San Francisco publish a plan-check turnaround?
Does the project need HERS field verification?
Sometimes — typically for duct leakage, refrigerant charge, or certain heat-pump and quality-insulation measures. The CF1R lists exactly which measures need it, and I’ll flag it in the email so it isn’t a surprise at inspection. The field testing itself is done by a third-party HERS rater the owner or contractor hires; that’s outside what I do.
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.
Send your San Francisco plans.
The CF1R comes back ready to sit on the drawings next to the CEC and Green Building Code inspection checklists, which is what DBI wants affixed before the permit is approved.