Title 24 reports for Torrance permits.
Torrance switched paper off for building and fire on the same January 2026 date, and its municipal code has no energy chapter at all — state Part 6 applies unmodified.
Paper is off, and a stalled permit resets
Since January 5, 2026, all plan reviews and permit submittals must be electronic, and “paper plans and physical submittals are no longer accepted” — Fire cut over the same day. Submittal runs through the Accela Citizen Access Portal — seven application types, each trade filed apart from the building set — and step one is a Zoning Clearance from Planning or Environmental. No turnaround is published. One city page hasn’t caught up: the pre-approved ADU page still says to bring your design to the Permit Center, where “Energy calculations” is its own named submittal line.
Torrance also codifies its own renewal clock: 180 days to start work, 180 days of stoppage voids it, three years from issuance is the outside limit — and renewal requires the same edition of the building codes still in effect. Otherwise it becomes a new plan check submittal at a full new fee — in the first year of the 2025 standards, a fresh CF1R. The municipal code has no chapter adopting or amending the California Energy Code — no local energy reach code beyond the state code was found. Climate zone splits at one ZIP: 90504 is CZ 8, the rest of the city CZ 6 — a different envelope for an ADU or an HVAC change-out blocks apart.
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.
Torrance plan-check questions
If yours isn’t here, see the full FAQ or call and ask.
Can plans still be walked into the Torrance permit counter?
What happens if a Torrance permit expires mid-code-cycle?
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 Torrance plans.
The CF1R comes back as its own PDF, ready to upload to Accela on the Energy calculations line rather than buried in the drawing set.