Given the wet weather and limited on-site work underway, we scheduled a meeting today with our LEED evaluator, Darrel Kelly, so we could understand our Title 24 report.  We engaged Davis Energy Group to certify our house under the LEED for Homes program and they assigned Darrel to our project.  He is with Builder’s Energy Services, Inc.

Our Title 24 Report was prepared by Meline Engineering.  They modeled our house using Energy Pro software (by EnergySoft) and, with that model, evaluated the projected performance of our house.  Based on the model that Meline Engineering developed, our house came in at an amazing 72.9% better than the standard, or baseline, design.  In California, if a house is 60% better than standard then it will receive the maximum points available under the LEED-H program. 

Graph showing how a maximum of 19 points can be earned by exceeding Title 24 by 60%.

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