Title 24 planning in San Francisco

Build a multi-unit and mixed-use intake matrix

Use one scope row per affected area/system, with a plan reference and responsible participant. This avoids quietly treating a shared boiler, tenant light fitting and dwelling window as one undifferentiated “Title 24 report.”

• Record the application date and permit identifiers, building classification, dwelling count and existing/proposed use. Identify what the AHJ has already confirmed and what remains uncertain.
• Mark dwelling, common and commercial areas on the architectural plans; identify conditioned boundaries and the actual areas affected by this application.
• List equipment and controls serving each area, including owner/landlord systems. Record who can supply existing specifications and authorize a proposed change.
• Provide affected glazing dimensions, U-factor/SHGC and assembly data; distinguish retained features from replacements rather than assigning one assumed performance value.
• For tenant lighting, include fixture quantities/power, room/use areas and control sequences. For an ADU/conversion, document previous conditioning and dwelling boundaries separately.
• Include the accepted prior compliance package, current drawing revision and complete DBI comments, with a change log so the preparer can distinguish missing evidence from new scope.

Complete intake checklist

Check the permit date and source of each requirement

Statewide 2025 Energy Code guidance generally applies to applications on or after January 1, 2026. Confirm DBI’s recorded application date, including the treatment of refiling, expired permits or amended work. Do not infer the edition from construction start or the current calendar year. Ask which local building or environmental provisions apply and retain the answer with the application record.

Title 24 Part 6 energy documentation is separate from CALGreen Part 11. Coordinate the disciplines without presenting an energy report as complete permit approval. Official links establish neither affiliation nor one universal submission route.

San Francisco building permits / DBISan Francisco EnvironmentApplication-date guide

Follow the applicable form family through construction

Use CEC resources to confirm the building and affected scope before assigning certificates. Where the single-family sequence applies, CF1R documents the proposed design, CF2R the installation and CF3R required ECC verification. Applicable multifamily and nonresidential pathways are distinct; do not relabel a CF1R to stand in for another family. Commercial NRCC preparation is not installer certification or acceptance testing.

Current verification terminology is ECC, Energy Code Compliance; HERS can remain on older-cycle records. Field verification and nonresidential acceptance are distinct activities. Identify qualified participants, registration and access early; design preparation does not perform those field services.

CEC single-family formsCEC nonresidential formsResidential CF1R helpCommercial TI/NRCC help

Work the example without collapsing ownership or scope

In the illustrative mixed-use project, the owner first supplies the building classification and area/system matrix. The mechanical designer confirms whether proposed dwelling equipment affects shared service. The tenant designer supplies the changed lighting and controls. The energy preparer identifies supported documentation paths and open inputs. A change to one tenant’s fixture schedule is not assumed to revise every dwelling’s compliance record.

If an ADU or garage conversion is added to the request, establish its existing conditioning and proposed boundaries rather than assuming the earlier mixed-use report covers it. These are preparation questions, not statements about San Francisco eligibility, a fuel mandate, climate zone or local permit threshold.

ADU and conversion scope

A coordinated correction is more than another PDF

Send the complete numbered comment and the drawings/report actually reviewed. Identify the affected dwelling, tenant or common system and who owns the response. A missing form page, incorrect modeled value and later design substitution are different tasks. Use the existing revision tiers and preserve a traceable plan revision; no model update guarantees review timing, permit issuance or final acceptance.

Plan-check corrections

Request remote report help with defined boundaries

Title 24 Lab serves San Francisco remotely, without a local office. Review published pricing and send scoped plans. Field/acceptance testing, registry fees, CALGreen and AHJ permit fees are separate. Intake is not production acceptance. This educational guide is not legal advice; City departments determine permit requirements.

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