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Passive House Enclosures

Passive House puts the enclosure first, and the enclosure drives comfort, resilience, health, and efficiency. This course covers its priorities, strategies, components, and details, from cold climates to hot and humid ones and across construction types and building scales, and how to deliver predictable results.

Key points

• Typical Passive House assembly buildups and connection details.
• Window installation details, and the testing that confirms them.
• The systems, components, details, and strategies of a successful enclosure.
• The quality assurance and quality control that verify enclosure performance and reach certification.

Topics: Airtightness, Insulation and assemblies, Thermal bridges, Vapor control, Windows