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General Course Information

Guiding you through the process of becoming a Certified Passivhaus Designer/Consultant and giving you the confidence to tackle UK Passivhaus projects.

The course is aimed principally at building professionals in the UK and prepares delegates for taking the Certified European Passivhaus Designer qualification. It introduces the principles behind the Passivhaus standard and methodologies and the use of the Passivhaus Planning Package (PHPP) for achieving low energy performance, with teaching firmly based on UK building examples. The AECB CarbonLite Programme is designed to prepare delegates not only for the exam but for future involvement in very low energy building projects.

Audience

Our course is aimed at architects, builders, building engineers and others who want to learn how to design and deliver real low-energy buildings.

To successfully complete the full course and exam, you will need to have some knowledge of UK construction systems, an ability to read building plans and an understanding of algebra.

Delegates who do not wish to take the exam can opt to take specific modules only to enhance their learning in particular areas.

Why Choose the AECB CarbonLite Passivhaus Designer Course?

• Guiding you – friendly trainers and small groups encourage a great learning experience
• Understand and apply key principles – designed to give you skills and knowledge to integrate into your working life from day 1.
• Prepare you for the exam – dedicated revision day, our own practice exam paper, 30 pages of worked examples to take away
• Interesting and exciting – we visit real Passivhaus projects
• Sociable – we encourage delegates to support each other and organise meals out for networking
• If you don’t pass first time – we offer a free session to review your exam paper

Our Material

• UK focused – 100% rewritten, rather than using the more generic European CEPH material taught by others
• UK examples – from the UK domestic and non-domestic sector
• Up to date – we continually update our material and teach V9 PHPP
• Modular – sit our course in one go, or as separate modules to suit your availability and finances
• Exercises – lots of exercises used to continually affirm and test understanding
• Online  – we have included the introduction to thermal bridges as a complementary course.

Our Trainers

Biographies on the Meet the Trainers page.

• UK experts – our trainers are the experts who are actually successfully designing/ building Passivhaus buildings in the UK
• Highly experienced trainers – amongst others, Bill Butcher, Eric Parks, Mark Siddall, Alan Clarke, Sally Godber,  Will South and Nick Grant. Not to mention Peter Warm and the rest of the WARM staff who have supported over 200 buildings in low energy design, and are Passivhaus certifiers.
• Variety of experience – our collective experience includes non-domestic building, large residential schemes and real Passivhaus construction experience

Our Venues

• London –  TBC.
• Hereford – Hereford Archive and Records Centre, HARC – Certified Passivhaus Building.
• Plymouth – Ocean Studios at The Royal William Yard
• Bespoke Courses – we regularly run bespoke courses for companies who need specialist training. Please get in touch if this is of interest to you.