California Title 24 Compliance - What Triggers an Energy Review?

[Matt Kautz]

Hi All, My architect is telling me that the new title 24 laws being enforced in California require that any remodel triggers an energy review of the entire home, regardless of whether living space is being expanded. Is that true? Does anybody know what triggers an energy review? It's an older cinder block house so getting it fully up to code would be expensive. Thanks! -matt

[Manolo D.]

Matt Kautz Your architect is funny. Energy codes are triggered for HVAC, change of windows, change of doors, etc; anything that you touch as an opening or related to energy. You don't need a calc if you use a city's or county's standard plan or calculation, you print out that and attach them to the plans. Here's an example of that, this is wood framing but just look for the enegy one. https://www.ladbs.org/docs/default-source/publications/information-bulletins/building-code/wood-frame-prescriptive-provisions-one-story-residential-construction-only-ib-p-bc2011-004.pdf?sfvrsn=34