Sustainable Luxury: Building to (and Beyond) Title 24 in Los Angeles
How our construction team hits California's aggressive energy code without compromising the specifications luxury clients care about.
California's Title 24 energy code is one of the most aggressive in the country, and it gets tighter every three years. On a luxury project — where clients want single-pane steel casements, five-figure appliance packages, and heated pool decks — hitting the code is a real design problem. Our construction team at New Horizon Development has built dozens of code-compliant luxury homes without compromising the finish story clients came for.
The envelope does the heavy lifting
Above-code wall and roof assemblies, thermally broken window systems, and continuous air-barrier detailing let us spend the client's specification budget on visible finishes rather than mechanical over-sizing.
Mechanical
VRF and hydronic radiant systems dominate our projects — both because they perform well against Title 24 and because they deliver comfort profiles that forced-air systems can't match.
Solar and storage
New residential construction in California requires solar; battery storage is optional but increasingly requested. We integrate the solar and storage into the roof and site plan from schematic design, not after the fact.
Pool and outdoor systems
Pool covers, variable-speed pumps, and heat-pump pool heaters are now standard on our projects. The performance case is strong; the aesthetic case is neutral.
If you'd like to see how a Title 24-compliant luxury home actually performs in the LA climate, we're glad to share energy data from recent projects.
