Both titles are equal in terms of qual­i­fic­a­tion with ref­er­en­ce to the Pass­ive House rel­ev­ant know­ledge. The re­quire­ments for at­tain­ing this cer­ti­fic­ate and for re­new­al are also the same. Nor­mally, Pass­ive House De­sign­ers work in plan­ning of­fices on the con­crete im­ple­ment­a­tion of the Pass­ive House Stand­ard, while Pass­ive House Con­sult­ants usu­ally con­trib­ute to its dis­sem­in­a­tion through their work as re­search­ers or speak­ers, or as de­cision makers in gov­ern­ment au­thor­it­ies.

A clear clas­si­fic­a­tion is not al­ways easy due to the di­verse edu­ca­tion­al qual­i­fic­a­tions, pro­fes­sions and the leg­al pro­vi­sions re­lat­ing to build­ings world­wide. For this reas­on, the Pass­ive House In­sti­tu­te has spe­ci­fied two pos­sib­il­it­ies for clas­si­fic­a­tion as a "Cer­ti­fied Pass­ive House De­sign­er":

 

You qual­i­fy for the De­sign­er title if you have the fol­low­ing edu­ca­tion­al qual­i­fic­a­tion:

If you have the fol­low­ing edu­ca­tion­al qual­i­fic­a­tion, you qual­i­fy for the Con­sult­ant title:

► Please up­load your proof of edu­ca­tion when re­gis­ter­ing for the ex­am­in­a­tion. The at­tained Con­sult­ant title can be changed in­to the De­sign­er title, if such proof is only ob­tained and sub­mit­ted later on (e.g. tak­ing an ex­am­in­a­tion dur­ing train­ing). If no proof is sub­mit­ted, the Con­sult­ant title will be gran­ted upon suc­cess­ful qual­i­fic­a­tion. If you have ques­tions please con­tact de­sign­er@passiv.de

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