Title 24 support, directly from CDI.

Title 24 compliance documentation that fits the project

Good documentation starts with a clear description of the work. Share the project address, building use, available drawings and proposed equipment with CDI. Explain whether the team is planning a new building, an addition, a tenant improvement or changes to existing systems. The objective is to establish what the project includes before selecting an approach, not to copy an energy report from a different property.

Keep the architectural, mechanical, electrical and lighting information aligned. If the design changes, let the person preparing the energy documentation know. Equipment selections, control descriptions and drawing revisions should tell the same story. CDI provides Title 24 documentation, plan-check responses and acceptance testing coordination directly, with a scope suited to the project information you provide.

Review the energy compliance forms before submission

Ask the project team to confirm the applicable documentation and current form set rather than assuming that one certificate works for every building type. Discuss the project’s permitting context, the proposed work and who will prepare and review each document. A form name alone is not enough to determine the correct compliance path. The documentation should describe the actual design and the responsible participants.

Organize the current drawings, energy documentation and equipment information together. Keep dated revisions so the team can tell which version a comment refers to. LADBS publishes an Energy Regulation Certificate of Compliance with building, permit and signatory information; consult the official form rather than using this page as a substitute. Project-specific form selection and applicability should be confirmed with CDI and the reviewing authority.

View LADBS’s Energy Regulation Certificate of Compliance

Plan-check responses without losing the design history

Plan-check questions are easier to resolve when the team can locate the supporting information. Keep the reviewer’s comments, the affected drawing sheets and the proposed response in one place. CDI can coordinate its documentation and responses with the project team. If a comment leads to a design change, identify what changed and whether other schedules or documents need to be updated too.

Owners and property managers do not need to become energy modelers to help this process. They can make decisions promptly, provide available records and make sure the consultant is working from the latest information. Avoid promising approval dates before the scope and review process are understood. The useful outcome is a coordinated record, not simply another file bearing the project name.

Title 24 acceptance testing coordination

Discuss acceptance testing early enough for the team to plan access, equipment readiness and the appropriate participants. Ask CDI to review what testing coordination belongs in the project scope and how it connects with the documentation. The needs of a lighting change, a mechanical project and a broader building project may differ; this page does not prescribe a universal test list.

As construction progresses, keep installation information and changes available to the people coordinating the work. Clarify who schedules visits, who can operate the equipment and how results or follow-up items will be recorded. A coordinated handover helps owners understand what was documented and what remains to be resolved. Testing coordination is not a promise that equipment will pass without review or corrective work.

Who should discuss the project with CDI?

Building owners, property managers, architects and contractors can start the conversation when they need energy compliance documentation or coordination. Bring the available plans and an honest description of the project stage. For office, retail, mixed-use or multifamily work, explain the uses and the systems affected rather than assuming that a building label determines every requirement.

Title 24 project documentation is different from annual EBEWE energy benchmarking or an EBEWE energy audit of existing buildings. If you are addressing both a construction project and an LADBS notice, separate the scopes and records. We can help direct the discussion to ECCP for EBEWE compliance and to CDI for Title 24 project support, without changing the services each team provides.