Title 24 reports for Upland and Chino permits.
Chino asks new development to beat the state Energy Code by three percent and names the CF-1R as where that gets proved. Upland asks for nothing extra — but its codified energy section and the ordinance that replaced it do not agree.
A three percent margin, proved on the CF-1R
Chino carries a real local energy overlay, and it is not in the Energy Code chapter. CMC 15.45.070 asks new development to exceed by three percent the mandatory California Energy Code Title 24, Part 6 standards, verified through the certificate of compliance form for residential construction (CF-1R); the city’s single-family submittal handout restates it as flat item 7(b). CMC 15.45.060 goes at existing buildings: a residential addition or alteration valued at $65,000 or more must dedicate an additional ten percent of project valuation toward energy upgrades, up to twenty thousand dollars, itemized on a city form. Both were re-enacted in November 2025. It is Climate Action Plan implementation, a CALGreen and land-use mechanism rather than a Part 6 amendment — which is why it is on no CEC list.
Upland asks for no local energy measure, but do not quote its code for that. Ordinance 2004, adopted 11/24/2025, adopts the 2025 California Energy Code in its entirety with no amendment, while codified UMC 15.30.010 still reads 2022 — cite the ordinance, not the section. The handout shelf runs older still: the city’s only residential HVAC alteration energy handout is a CF-1R-ALT-HVAC footered 2008 Residential Compliance Forms March 2010. Its room-addition handout is current, though: the Certificate of Compliance and Mandatory Measures completely filled out, signed and printed on the plans. Both cities are Climate Zone 10, and say so. Both also send the owner of a free pre-approved ADU plan to a named private consultant for a site-specific report; the model follows the site, not the drawing.
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.
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.
Upland & Chino plan-check questions
If yours isn’t here, see the full FAQ or call and ask.
What review times do Upland and Chino publish, and how do plans go in?
What does Chino’s three percent requirement mean for my CF-1R?
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 Upland or Chino plans.
Tell me the city and the valuation — that pair decides whether Chino’s three percent margin and ten-percent upgrade spend are in play before the CF-1R is run, not after.