Title 24 Lab / Title 24 Reports for Contractors and GCs
Price the report. Know what stays in your bid.
The energy report is paperwork prepared from plans. Installation certificates, field verification and acceptance testing are separate responsibilities. Knowing where the line falls keeps your bid honest.
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Where the report ends
We prepare compliance documentation for the permit application from the plan set. That work has a flat published price you can carry into a bid. What we do not provide is anything that happens on site: installing to the documented values, completing installation certificates, ECC field verification by a qualified rater, or nonresidential acceptance testing.
Projects with permit applications submitted on or after January 1, 2026 are generally reviewed under the 2025 California Energy Code. Field verification is now described as ECC verification; older documents may still call it HERS.
- Report preparation: covered by our published price
- Installation certificates: completed by the installer
- ECC verification: a separate qualified rater
- Acceptance testing and agency fees: separate
Read the documentation before you price equipment
The compliance documents describe the efficiencies, insulation values and verification items the design depends on. Reviewing them before final pricing helps avoid substituting equipment or assemblies that no longer match what was permitted. If a substitution is needed, it may require a documentation revision.
For corrections from a plan checker, send the letter. If the issue came from our own modeling or report error, the fix is free.
Fast when inputs are complete
Rush production is available for a published fee and means next-business-day production after complete inputs are received. It is not a permit approval timeline. The quickest path is a full plan set with equipment and assemblies shown.
Bid line copy pack
Proposal-ready lines from the published schedule
Plain text you can paste into a bid. Select the text in any box to copy it. Final price and scope are confirmed after plan review.
No payment is taken online. Report preparation is not ECC field verification or acceptance testing.
Published schedule
Flat prices for report preparation
Residential
By conditioned floor area in the confirmed report scope.
- Up to 2,000 sq ft
- $149
- 2,001 to 4,000 sq ft
- $199
- 4,001 to 6,000 sq ft
- $279
- Over 6,000 sq ft
- $279 + $50per additional started 1,000 sq ft
- Each additional dwelling unit
- +$75beyond the first
Commercial
By floor area in the confirmed documentation scope.
- Up to 5,000 sq ft
- $399
- 5,001 to 15,000 sq ft
- $599
- Over 15,000 sq ft
- Custom quote
Revisions
- Plan-check correction caused by our modeling or report error
- Free
- Architectural or design revision after the report
- $75 flat
- Full remodel of the energy model or larger resubmittal
- Custom quoteintake required
Rush
+$99 residential / +$149 commercial. Next-business-day production after complete inputs are received. Not a permit-approval or unconditional 24-hour promise.
Not included
- ECC field verification (formerly called HERS testing in older documents)
- Nonresidential acceptance testing
- Registry or document registration fees
- CALGreen documentation
- Building department (AHJ) plan check and permit fees
No payment is taken online. Price and scope are confirmed with you before work begins. Full pricing page
Educational code context: California Energy Commission 2025 Energy Code resources. Confirm the applicable scope, recorded application date and requirements with the AHJ. This is not legal or engineering advice; CEC resources do not set our prices.
Common questions
Does your price include HERS or ECC testing?
No. ECC field verification, formerly called HERS testing in older documents, is performed separately by a qualified rater and is not included in our price.
Can I submit for my client?
Yes, if you have the plans and authority to share them. You sign in, upload the set and describe the scope. We confirm price and scope before any work starts.
What if the owner changes equipment mid-project?
Send the new specifications. A design change after the report is a flat published revision fee; a change large enough to rebuild the model is quoted after intake.
Next step
Send the plan set. We will scope it.
Sign in to upload. No payment is taken online, and submitting is not order acceptance. Report preparation is not field verification or acceptance testing.