Maintain Your Credential

While you apply your Passive House knowledge to your work when opportunities arise, it can be difficult to complete a project because client desires, programs, budgets, and teams must come together and get it done within 5 years of earning your Certified Passive House Designer/Consultant credential. Consequently, to maintain the credential, you need to submit 100 units of completed PHI-accredited continuing education courses as a student or teacher.

You can get a full rundown of the options, rules, costs, and procedures for renewal on our webpage here.

How Many Credits and When?

While 100 credit units can sound like a lot, there is good news: First, that’s just 20 per year, and second, 1 credit is for 40 minutes of coursework. Consequently, a 2-hour course may provide 3 credits if set up correctly.

If you do run late in submitting the credits, there is a grace period to complete them. If your credential expires, it can be reactivated upon submission and acceptance of the credits.

Finding Applicable Course Offerings

Good news: there are many avenues to obtain PHI credits. We recommend starting with PHN Specialized courses, as they are integral to developing critical knowledge and skills, beginning with learning energy modeling with PHPP. Thermal bridge modeling with THERM or FLIXO and diving deeper into the worlds of PER, EnerPHit, Enclosures, Mechanical Systems, and more. In addition to growing on-demand courses, we are scheduling one live-online specialized course each month and developing new courses.

Then there are Chapter meetings, online events, and conferences, which typically offer PHI CEUs for attending.

PHI & iPHA has direct offerings through monthly webinars, the international conference, and more.

Because Passive House is a global effort, you should take advantage of regional, national, and international offerings. There are a multitude of Passive House and Passive House supporting organizations globally – many in English.

Our List

Here’s a list of the most common ways to take courses, attend events and get credits:

• PHN –
  • PHN Specialized Courses live online and on-demand.
  • PHN Presents is a monthly online education event.
  • PHN Chapter Meetings – Include accredited presentations. Membership is not required, and all meetings are open to everyone, regardless of region.
    • Join the chapter mailing lists or refer to the weekly Tuesday Newsletter for content alerts.
    • There are 11 Chapters, many of which offer monthly free credited content on different days/times.
  • CEU Special Courses (at bottom of this page)
  • PHN Conference (June 4-5 2026)
• PHI/iPHA –
  • iPHA holds monthly webinars.
  • PHI’s International Conference. (2026 – in Essen, Germany.) Go global.
• Other PHI Affiliates & PH-Oriented Organizations Globally – These groups provide a mix of in-person, live online, and on-demand courses and events – both free and paid – English & Spanish – that qualify.
  • Australian Passivhaus Association
  • Connecticut Passive House/BuildGreenCT
  • Emu Passive
  • Instituto Latinoamericano Passivhaus
  • New York Passive House
  • Passive House Association of Ireland
  • Passive House Canada
  • Passive House Institute New Zealand
  • Passive House Massachusetts
  • PassivhausMAINE
  • Passivhaus Trust (UK)
  • Platforma Edificación Passivhaus (PEP), Spain
• Other (non-PH specific) Supporting Organizations:
  • AIA Chapters
  • Colorado Green Building Guild (CGBG)
  • Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA).
• See a full list of PHI continuing education course providers and courses here.

We hope this helps you not just earn the required credits without worry, but also learn, grow, and build your Passive House knowledge.

Please let us know if there are other organizations and offerings you think we should consider listing by emailing training@passivehousenetwork.org