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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The sun rose at 6:34 am this morning.  It was comforting to see the sunshine so the urgency to check the pump status was diminished slightly.  The days are getting longer and it will be nice to ‘spring ahead’ on Sunday morning.

Arriving at the job site, the pump was working and the water coming down Via Sereno was down to a trickle.  Still flowing, but just a trickle.  The sunshine was nice although there were periodic rain showers as large, dark clouds came in from the Pacific.  Overall, it rained almost a tenth of an inch today (0.08 to be precise).

The water coming down the street has slowed to a trickle.

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