Palm Springs is a desert resort city in Riverside County, where extreme summer heat makes cooling efficiency central to Title 24 compliance.
Palm Springs sits in Climate Zone 15 — an extreme desert climate with the highest cooling demand in California, requiring maximum HVAC efficiency, the highest insulation levels, and the lowest window SHGC values. We model every Palm Springs project using CEC-approved software calibrated to Climate Zone 15.
Title 24 reports for Palm Springs city projects are submitted to the City of Palm Springs building department. Riverside County projects go through Riverside County. We serve both and format every report for the correct local jurisdiction.
We prepare Title 24 reports for all project types in Palm Springs:
- New single-family home construction
- Room additions of any size
- ADUs and Junior ADUs including garage conversions
- Remodels and alterations affecting insulation, windows, or mechanical systems
- Multifamily duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes
- HVAC replacement projects
- Window replacement projects
We also serve Palm Desert, Cathedral City, Rancho Mirage, La Quinta, and the surrounding area.
Title 24 Projects in Palm Springs
Palm Springs is famous for its mid-century modern homes: flat or low-slope roofs, post-and-beam framing and walls of glass opening onto the pool. Those same features are what make energy compliance interesting here. Large expanses of glazing, thin roof assemblies with little room for insulation and ducts running through hot attics or roof spaces all weigh heavily in a Climate Zone 15 model.
Typical Palm Springs projects include remodels and additions to mid-century homes, detached casitas built as ADUs, new custom homes on hillside or desert lots, and HVAC replacements — often the most urgent job in a desert summer. Keeping the architectural look while meeting the code usually comes down to the window specifications, shading from overhangs, roof insulation strategy and the efficiency of the cooling system. The energy model lets you test those trade-offs before the plans are final; see Title 24 calculations for how that works.
If your air conditioner fails in summer, a changeout still needs the right documentation. See HVAC replacement Title 24 and our rush service options.
Region and climate zone
Palm Springs is part of our Inland Empire and Southern California coverage, which includes the Coachella Valley. It is listed in Climate Zone 15; your address and ZIP code set the exact zone. We also serve Desert Hot Springs and Indio.
