PHI’s EnerPHit standard takes account of what makes existing buildings hard to certify: foundations, party walls, historic fabric, and cost. This course covers its criteria, its two certification methods, and the exemptions available, then follows successful retrofits through airtightness, insulation, thermal bridges, windows, and ventilation.
easyPH is a streamlined Passive House energy-modeling tool for certifying single-family homes. This course covers when a project qualifies for easyPH and when the PHPP is the better tool, then walks through a sample home, from geometry in designPH to data entry in easyPH.
Three PHPP courses together: the foundational Using PHPP in Passive House Design and Certification, a step-by-step course in modeling and documenting a building for certification; PHPP: New Features, on what Version 10 added; and the Heat Pumps and Windows Master Class, on modeling both accurately and clearing the error messages.
An introduction to thermal bridge simulation with LBNL’s free THERM software, modeling along with the instructor: installation and library setup, then a series of details from a simple wall to junctions and ground contact, mostly in wood-frame construction, and how to get Psi-values and U-values from the results.
designPH turns a 3D architectural model into an energy model, so you can test early whether a design can reach Passive House and refine it quickly. This course walks through the workflow step by step, with recommended practices and the special cases that catch designers out, and carries the model into the PHPP for certification.
A two-hour look at how Passive House design accounts for California’s grid, renewables, and building electrification: PHI’s Primary Energy Renewable (PER) metric and PER factors, how they interact with California’s power supply and design choices, and how they drive optimization, with regional case studies.
As wildfires grow more frequent, buildings need to be fire-safe and resilient, and Passive House offers a clear path. The course reviews the latest science on wildfires and buildings, the interplay of structure, landscape, and community, and a toolkit for analyzing and carrying out fire-resilient Passive House strategies.
A three-hour course on what PHI building certification requires a project to verify, and what it doesn’t: the key drivers of performance, PHI’s requirements and checklists, and how to work with a certifier and the project team. Large multifamily buildings frame the class; the lessons apply to every building type.
The live online version of the EnerPHit course. PHI’s EnerPHit standard takes account of what makes existing buildings hard to certify: foundations, party walls, historic fabric, and cost. The course covers its criteria, its two certification methods, and the exemptions available, then follows successful retrofits through airtightness, insulation, thermal bridges, windows, and ventilation.
Passive House principles and process applied to schools: mixed uses, varied schedules, commercial kitchens, ventilation, electrification, and more, with examples from the US and around the world.
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