What’s included:

• PH4 Exam Preparation
• Mock Exam
• Access to online community
• Access to the course recordings
• Workbooks and handouts
• Live Q&A sessions

Dates (Saturdays and Sundays 0700-11:30 Manila time):

• * 2027 Mar 27, 28

This module prepares you in the optimal way for the exam to become a certified “Passive House Designer/Consultant”. In addition to many repetitions and exercises, there is sufficient time to answer your questions. Typical calculations are carried out and practised using examples and comprehensive information is provided on how to prepare and work through the exam.

What’s included:

• PH3 PHPP Basics
• Access to online community
• Access to the course recordings
• Workbooks and handouts
• Live Q&A sessions

Dates (Saturdays and Sundays 0700-11:30 Manila time):

• * 2027 Mar 13, 14, 20, 21

Learn how easily and reliably energy-efficient buildings and renovations can be individually planned – with the Passive House Project Planning Package (PHPP), the energy balancing and planning tool for efficient buildings and modernisations. In this module, in addition to an overview of the PHPP and its structure, all the knowledge required to enter a residential building into the PHPP is imparted – both for the area of the building envelope and for the building services. PHPP calculations are explained and linked to the calculation of characteristic values taught in the previous modules. In addition to the representation of renewable energies in the PHPP, primary energy and the use of the pioneering PER factors developed by the Passive House Institute are also discussed. Many exercises and input aids facilitate the start with the PHPP.

What’s included:

• PH2 Building Services
• Access to online community
• Access to the course recordings
• Workbooks and handouts
• Live Q&A sessions

Dates (Saturdays and Sundays 0700-11:30 Manila time):

• 2027 Feb 20, 21, 27, 28
• 2027 Mar 6, 7

The focus of this second module is on the heating and cooling of highly energy-efficient buildings. Physical principles and calculations of primary energy, heating heat, heating load and heat gains are taught in connection with the calculation procedures of the Passive House Project Planning Package (PHPP).

Concepts for the use of various heat generators and system set-ups in Passive Houses are covered, as are the various components and the planning of heating and hot water generation. In addition, planning principles for heating and hot water distribution and drinking water supply suitable for Passive Houses and measures for avoiding distribution and storage losses are taught using many examples. You will also gain knowledge and planning aids for summer thermal insulation, passive and active cooling and moisture recovery for all climates.

Another focus of this second module is on the topics of highly energy-efficient renovations and the economic efficiency of energy-efficient measures. In many examples of successful energy-efficient refurbishments with Passive House components, special physical and constructional problems in refurbishment projects and their solutions are presented – both for the building envelope and for the building services. In the area of economic efficiency, knowledge of life cycle assessments and dynamic methods of investment calculations is conveyed in addition to examples of cost reduction in highly energy-efficient buildings. Exemplary comparisons of the economic efficiency of passive houses and low-energy buildings conclude this module.

What’s included:

• PH1 Building Envelope
• Access to online community
• Access to the course recordings
• Workbooks and handouts
• Live Q&A sessions

Dates (Saturdays and Sundays 0700-11:30 Manila time):

• 2027 Feb 6, 7, 13, 14

You will gain indispensable knowledge about the opaque and transparent areas of an energy-efficient building envelope for residential and non-residential buildings. Physical basics such as thermal conduction, moisture protection and thermal comfort in different climate zones will be addressed, as well as calculations of U-values, psi-values or fRsi-values and the topic of thermal bridges and their effects. Products, materials, constructions and connection details suitable for Passive Houses are explained using numerous examples.

Another important topic is the airtightness of a building. This module deals with the effects of a lack of airtightness and planning principles and example details for airtight constructions in solid and lightweight construction. A practical exercise on airtightness measurement and the area of thermography completes this topic.

Furthermore, construction principles, physical requirements in different climates and installation situations of windows suitable for Passive Houses are dealt with in detail. A wide range of highly energy-efficient glazing, windows and glass facades is shown in many examples.

Another focus of this module is on the topic of ventilation. Knowledge of physical principles, system concepts and components of a mechanical ventilation system with heat recovery, preventive fire protection and economic efficiency are taught as well as the installation and adjustment, as well as the dimensioning of system components and the design of volume flows and air exchange rates. Skills relating to the planning of ventilation systems and duct networks are taught in lectures and exercises supported by practical working aids.

In preparation for the course modules, this 2-hour e-learning will give you an overview of the Passive House Standard, the certification requirements and the different elements you need to consider when designing and building Passive Houses. In addition to Passive House principles, building physics topics such as heat and moisture are addressed. The basics of opaque and transparent elements of the building envelope, thermal bridges and air tightness are taught, as well as the basics of ventilation, heating, cooling and hot water. A first insight into the Passive House Project Planning Package (PHPP) completes the online course.

All the topics included here are covered in greater depth and detail in the subsequent course modules. The content of the e-learning is assumed to be known in the following course modules.