The Passive House Fundamentals online course is located on our Moodle platform: participants can access it from wherever they want, in their own time and at their own pace. This allows for a tailored learning experience and reduces travel and accommodation costs.

It covers 10 topics: each one is divided into sub-units, including a video presentation followed by further material and a quiz. You need to pass the final assessment by the end of October, so we can best address knowledge gaps during the in-class training. Our staff will monitor your progress and provide you with technical support if needed.

Besides lectures and discussions, you will deepen your knowledge with workshops, as well as calculation and design exercises. In addition, you will have a closer look at our Passive House component and materials collection!

Module 1 - Building envelope

• Day 1: Building envelope
• Day 2: Building envelope

Module 2 - Building Services & Economics

• Day 3: Ventilation
• Day 4: Heating, cooling/dehumidification, domestic hot water
• Day 5: Retrofit, economics, certification

Module 3 - PHPP Basics

• Day 6 and 7: Hands on PHPP: Basic knowledge of the Passive House Planning Package (PHPP), the energy balancing and planning tool for efficient buildings and refurbishments.

This course will prepare you to pass the Certified Passive House Designer / Consultant exam. The exam itself however is not included in the course. It can be taken on one of the following dates at one of the following examination centres or online. On successfully passing the exam, you will receive an internationally recognized certificate and be listed on our worldwide database for 5 years.

Gain knowledge of PHPP features for advanced users:

    • Non-residential buildings
    • Input of design variants
    • Economic feasibility comparisons
    • Energy efficient retrofits principles
    • PHPP for retrofits
    • EnerPHit classes: Energy efficiency and renewables for retrofits
    • The EnerPHit pre-certification scheme for step-by-step retrofits
    • The EnerPHit Retrofit Plan (ERP)

Are you already familiar with PHPP? Then come and explore the advantages of designPH, the SketchUp based plugin to model Passive House buildings in 3D and get to know our new export tool from BIM models to PHPP!

• How does designPH work?
• Input/analysis of a building model
• Optimization of relevant features
• Special building types: different approaches
• How does the BIM-tool work

Knowledge of SketchUP and a BIM software (Revit, ArchiCAD, Vectorworks, Rhinoceros with VisualARQ) is required

Learn more about thermal bridges and get first experiences how to calculate thermal bridges.

• Thermal bridge concept
• Use THERM
• Get a feeling for the psi value
• Typical thermal bridges in buildings
• Requirements for building certification

This course will prepare you to pass the additional PHPP expert exam. The exam itself however is not included in the course. It can be taken on one of the following dates at one of the following examination centres. On successfully passing the exam, you will receive additional certificate "PHPP expert", if you have a valid Passive House designer/consultant certificate.

The next exam is on December 4th 2020.