MEP Plans in Lake Elsinore, CA

Lake Elsinore project facts we design around

County	Riverside County
Title 24 climate zone	Climate Zone 10, confirmed by ZIP for every project
Electric utility (most addresses)	Southern California Edison (SCE)
Permit review	The City of Lake Elsinore building department
ADU permits issued, 2021–2025	44 (#304 of 450 cities)
ADU approval timeline	Approve or deny within 60 days of a complete application (state law)

ADU building activity in Lake Elsinore

Lake Elsinore issued 44 ADU building permits from 2021 through 2025, the 304th most among the 450 California cities that reported ADU permits. Permits went from 1 in 2021 to 24 in 2025.

2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
1	6	6	7	24

Source: California Department of Housing and Community Development, Annual Progress Report data (ADU building permits by year).

Title 24 in Climate Zone 10

• Windows: U-factor 0.30 or lower and solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC) 0.23 or lower, with total window area up to 20% of floor area (west-facing up to 5%).
• Whole-house fan required (at least 1.5 cfm per square foot of floor area); units of 500 sq ft or less are exempt.
• Cool roof required: steep-sloped roofs need aged solar reflectance 0.2 or higher and thermal emittance 0.75 or higher.
• Solar PV sized by the CEC formula kW = (floor area x 0.627) / 1000 + 1.41; no PV is required if that is under 1.8 kWdc, which for a single ADU works out to about 622 sq ft or smaller.

Climate Zone 10 requirements in full →

HVAC design for Lake Elsinore

The California Energy Commission's design-day data for Lake Elsinore gives the outdoor conditions a Manual J load calculation uses: a summer design temperature of 100°F and a winter design temperature of 22°F.

Summer design (1%)	100°F dry bulb / 69°F wet bulb
Winter design (median of extremes)	22°F
Daily temperature range	39°F
Elevation	1,233 ft
Heating degree days	827

Cooling governs equipment size here. At 100°F design conditions, west-facing glass, attic insulation and duct location move the load more than anything else, and the heat pump's electrical load has to be carried into the panel calculation.

Electrical service from Southern California Edison (SCE)

If the load calculation shows you need a service upgrade, a second meter or a relocated service, Southern California Edison (SCE) handles that through its Building, Renovation, and Project Planning Portal, separately from the building permit.

ADU electrical service with Southern California Edison (SCE) →

Plumbing and sewer

The plumbing plan shows the route, slope and cleanouts of the connection to the existing sewer lateral.

Pricing is flat statewide: ADU plans from $995, full ADU MEP package from $2,295, Title 24 add-on $240. See what's in a complete ADU MEP set.