Title 24 Lighting Controls Acceptance Testing

Drake Integrations is a CALCTP Employer with CALCTP-AT technicians on staff and performs lighting controls acceptance testing — plan review, construction inspection, functional testing and verification — often alongside commissioning.

Our Title 24 acceptance testing covers lighting controls only.

For Nonresidential Buildings, California Title 24 includes specific requirements for Lighting Controls Acceptance Testing performed by technicians from an approved certification provider. Acceptance testing ensures building components, equipment, systems and interfaces between systems conform to the criteria set forth in the Standard. While acceptance testing is not intended to take the place of commissioning or test and balance procedures, there is potential crossover into the commissioning related tasks, therefore our clients often hire Drake Integrations to perform both services.

It is critical that the acceptance requirements are incorporated into the construction documents, including information that describes the details of the tests to be performed. This information could be integrated into the specifications for testing and air balance, energy management and control system, equipment startup procedures or commissioning. Acceptance testing typically involves plan review, construction inspection, functional testing and verification, and Certificate of Occupancy.

Lighting Controls Acceptance Testing

Under California's current 2025 Energy Code (Title 24, Part 6, effective for permit applications submitted on or after January 1, 2026), lighting controls acceptance tests must be performed by a certified Acceptance Test Technician (ATT) through a California Energy Commission–approved Acceptance Test Technician Certification Provider (ATTCP), and the completed certificates of acceptance must be available to the enforcement agency before a certificate of occupancy can be issued. Drake Integrations is a CALCTP Employer and has multiple CALCTP-certified Acceptance Technicians on staff to provide lighting acceptance testing for your next project.

Lighting Acceptance Tests include:

• Shutoff Lighting Controls (NRCA-LTI-02-A)
• Daylighting Responsive Controls (NRCA-LTI-03-A)
• Demand Responsive Controls (NRCA-LTI-04-A)
• Institutional Tuning Power Adjustment Factor (NRCA-LTI-05-A)
• Outdoor Lighting Controls (NRCA-LTO-02-A)