Mechanical design, Title 24 compliance documentation and independent field verification for projects across Santa Barbara County.
Pick the stage your project is at.
Heating, ventilation, air conditioning and plumbing systems, designed passive first for comfort, health and lower cost.
T24 EngineeringEnergy modeling and the Title 24 compliance documentation your building department needs at plan check.
T24 ConsultingIndependent field verification and diagnostic testing before final inspection.
T24 TestingCEC rules keep field verification independent, so T24 Testing cannot test a project that T24 Engineering designed or T24 Consulting documented. Ask and you will get names of other good firms for the stage we cannot take on.
Provided mechanical and plumbing system sizing and full "existing + addition" Title 24 energy simulation to prove compliance using existing 2x4 framing, saving the homeowner significant cost and preserving the full useful square footage of the limited space available.
Provided design assistance and "performance approach" modeling to prove compliance for a mixed-use commercial building utilizing several innovative approaches to reduce energy consumption, including passive night cooling, on-demand water heating, heat pumps, and engineered metal-foam sandwich panels to achieve a low carbon footprint while meeting the client's tight budget constraints.
Provided mechanical and plumbing system sizing and energy modeling for new high-efficiency all-electric standalone ADU utilizing high-performance envelope assemblies, PV, ERV, and heat pumps for water heating and space conditioning to achieve very high energy efficiency exceeding code requirements by over 50% without increasing costs over a typical design that would have required costly electrical and natural gas service upgrades.
Performed multi-dimensional finite element calculation for custom roof and wall assemblies that had accidentally been installed with only 1/10th of the originally prescribed thermal break insulation. The project had been abandoned by the original energy consultant who was unable to analyze the building in its as-built condition due to the assemblies not being available in their simplistic compliance software. T24 Consulting proved compliance, saving the general contractor tens of thousands in rework, and allowing the client to receive building department approval in time for their required opening date.
T24 Engineering, T24 Consulting and T24 Testing are owned and operated by certified California ECC Rater Olaf Villadsen, based in Buellton and working across Santa Barbara County.
Designing the systems and then testing them in the field is what keeps the measures on your compliance forms realistic. Designing teaches us why a measure ends up on the certificate; testing teaches us which ones survive contact with a job site. Doing both gives T24 a unique edge that can help our customers avoid costly compliance issues.
The mission is simple: help build the housing that is so urgently needed in California, and ensure it's done right. As a sole proprietorship, overhead is kept to a minimum, with those savings passed directly to clients.
Deep understanding of construction, constructability, and cost, so solutions are practical and affordable to build
Knowledge of the microclimates found in Santa Barbara County, used to design more comfortable and efficient buildings