Terms of service — in plain English.

What we do

Title 24 Master prepares California Title 24 Part 6 energy compliance documentation (CF1R residential and NRCC nonresidential forms) and provides ECC/HERS rating and related consulting. Using this website, or engaging us for a project, means these terms apply.

What we are not

We are the energy consultant on your project. We are not the architect, the structural engineer, the contractor, or the engineer of record for any other discipline, and we do not review or take responsibility for anyone else's drawings beyond what the energy model requires.

We are not the building official. Only your building department can approve a permit.

The calculator is an estimate

The price and turnaround the calculator shows are based on what you type into it. They are an estimate, offered in good faith so you can budget without having to ring anyone. It is not a contract.

The binding figure is the one in our written quote, given after we have seen the actual plan set. If the plans show something the calculator could not know about, the written quote is what stands, and you are free to walk away at that point owing nothing.

Turnaround

Quoted turnaround runs in business days from the point we have a complete plan set and the information we asked for, not from the first email. Waiting on a missing window schedule pauses the clock.

What we need from you

The report is only as accurate as what it is built from. You are responsible for the plans and information you give us being current and correct.

If the design changes after the model is built (different windows, different equipment, a different floor area) tell us. Modelling work already done against the old design may need redoing, and that is chargeable. The single most expensive mistake in residential compliance is removing the measure the model took credit for and telling nobody.

Plan-check corrections

Corrections issued by the building department against our compliance documentation are handled at no extra charge, for the life of the project. That covers our work. It does not cover redesigning the building, corrections raised against another consultant's drawings, or changes you have chosen to make.

Field verification

Where a project requires field verification, that is carried out by an independent third-party rater and registered with a compliance registry, as California requires. Verification confirms what was actually built. If the building does not match the compliance model, it will not pass, and no arrangement with us changes that.

Payment

Fees are payable as set out in the written quote. Registered forms and final deliverables are released once payment has been received unless we have agreed otherwise in writing.

What we cannot promise

We do our work to the standard our credentials require, and we stand behind it. What we cannot promise is an outcome that is somebody else's decision:

• That a permit will be approved, or approved to any particular timetable
• That a building department will interpret the code the way we do
• That a building will pass field verification if it was not built to the modelled design
• That the energy code will not change under a project. California updates it on a three-year cycle

Limit of liability

Where the law allows it to be limited, our total liability arising out of any project is limited to the fees you paid us for that project. We are not liable for indirect or consequential losses such as construction delay, lost profit, or the cost of building work. Nothing here limits liability that cannot lawfully be limited.

This page is a plain-English statement of how we work. It is not legal advice, and it is not a substitute for a written agreement on a project where the sums involved warrant one.

This website

The text, images and tools on this site are ours. The free tools (the glazing screen, the climate zone finder, the code cycle checker) are provided as a convenience for preliminary screening. They are not a compliance determination, and no report should be relied on that has not been produced and signed for your specific project.

Code summaries here describe our understanding of the current California Energy Code. The code itself, as adopted and as your building department applies it, always governs.

Governing law and changes

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, and any dispute will be heard in San Diego County, California.

If these terms change, the date at the top of this page changes with them. The terms that apply to your project are the ones in force when we quoted it.

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