Description
The Passive House Institute developed EnerPHit certification standards to accommodate the realities of existing old buildings, where foundations, party lines, historic preservation, cost, and other factors make a typical Passive House certification impractical. This course looks at the criteria, the pathways, and the potential exemptions that drive EnerPHit performance to deliver the health, efficiency, and resilience results we expect from Passive House. Through case studies of successful retrofits, see how to upgrade a building with respect to airtightness, insulation, thermal bridge reductions, high-performance windows, and ventilation.
Learning Objectives:
- Outline reasons why the EnerPHit standard was developed and implemented to ensure Passive House health, efficiency, and resilience outcomes are achievable.
- Describe the two EnerPHit certification methods, the criteria differences and similarities, and how these both accommodate high-performance outcomes.
- Outline the roles of comfort criteria ventilation requirements in driving design optimization.
- Describe exemptions that may be utilized when issues of existing/historic buildings don’t allow standard resolution.
- Outline the EnerPHit Retrofit Plan program and approach for long-term step-by-step Passive House renovation approach
- Describe EnerPHit pilot programs OutPHit and apartment renovation certifications.
- Outline real-world EnerPHit solutions from case studies of masonry and wood frame buildings.
Instructor:
Ken Levenson, Executive Director, The Passive House Network.
Ken was a practicing architect for over three decades, completing early Passive House projects in New York City. Committed to accelerating Passive House growth and knowledge sharing, he co-founded 475 High Performance Building Supply, was a founding member of the Passive House Alliance, a co-founder of New York Passive House and of NAPHN, which would become The Passive House Network (PHN). Today, as Executive Director of PHN, Ken continues to focus on driving building industry culture change with Passive House education.
