After making a purchase of designPH you will get access to the software download, online manual and other support resources via your Passive House Portal account.
iPHA members receive a discount (this includes affiliate members of the International Passive House Association and also IG Passivhaus Germany and Passivhaus Austria)
Students registered on an appropriate course can request a FREE 1 year individual EDU licence for designPH, for non-commercial use by completing the designPH EDU request form. You will need to upload a document as proof of your student status.
You will first be directed to create an account on the PH Portal if you don't have one already.
Try out designPH for 30 days before you decide to buy by downloading the designPH DEMO.
The licence starts from when you activate it, so there is no reason not to request a download now!
You will first be directed to create an account on the PH Portal if you don't have one already.
If you have already purchased designPH PRO, please beware if you download and install designPH DEMO, you cannot have 2 different versions of designPH installed within the same version of SketchUp.
PRO | EDU | DEMO | |
|---|---|---|---|
Duration: | Perpetual | 1 year | 30 days |
Features: | All | Limit on shading resolution Simplified ventilation inputs No TFA calculator Restricted number of components No selective export Non-commercial use only | Limit on shading resolution Limit on the size of model Limited set of climate data No export to PHPP |
designPH v2 is compatible with SketchUp 2017 - 2025 desktop versions (Windows or Mac). It is defacto compatible with SketchUp 2026 although a warning is still displayed.
If you do not already have SketchUp installed, first download and install SketchUp from the official website or a reseller. The web-based "SketchUp Free" does not support third-party extensions so cannot be used for any designPH version.