Do this course if you want to:
become a Certified Passivhaus Designer/Consultant and add real value to your practice.

This course is delivered by UK experts in the Passivhaus field and will equip you to work on exciting, low-energy projects and design Passivhaus buildings. You will learn alongside like-minded professionals from a range of disciplines and develop a skillset that will enable you to offer your clients game-changing levels of comfort and quality.

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.

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.

Additional: Online Therm course (1 year’s access included in price)

Course Syllabus

Fundamentals of Passivhaus (1 day)
This course introduces the principles behind the Passivhaus standard and methodologies for a variety of building types and the use of the Passivhaus Planning Package (PHPP) for achieving low energy performance.

Science of Passivhaus (2 days)
This course addresses the fundamental physics of heat loss and gain and shows how each of the required values can be calculated. It also looks at what is necessary for thermal comfort. It deals with the energy balance of windows, the energy balance of the whole building, and how to calculate the remaining heating requirement. The course deals with the primary energy requirement for the whole building, i.e. hot water, appliances and lighting. This is a course for those who want to understand the physics of energy in buildings.

Construction of Passivhaus (1 day)
How do I build a Passivhaus? How is it different from normal construction? This course answers these questions, along with some specific guidance on achieving the level of airtightness and thermal bridge-free construction required by the standard. It also looks at the contractual side and suggests ways that care in the allocation of responsibility can help achieve your goal.

Building Services for Passivhaus (2 days)
The course majors on all aspects of ventilation design, from concepts through to calculation. It then moves on to the choice of heating system, the provision of hot water, and calculations of lighting appliances and Primary Energy, with reference to the inputs required in the Passivhaus Planning Package (PHPP).

PHPP (2 days)
This practical, hands-on course will provide energy consultants, technical building designers and architects with the skills necessary to design low energy/CO2 buildings to Passivhaus/AECB standards using the Passivhaus Planning Package (PHPP). The course alternates between teaching with the use of presentation slides and a guided class exercise where participants enter an example house into the software.

Exam and Revision (1.5 days)
The revision course is an opportunity to consolidate your understanding by working through calculation tasks as a group, and to ask questions about specific aspects that you need further help on. The revision course and the exam are included in the fee for the Passivhaus Designer course. Please contact us for prices for retaking the exam.

Train in the beautiful Stonehouse area of Plymouth, with site visits to some exciting local Passivhaus projects during the two weeks, including WARM’s own EnerPHit-certified office.

Join us in the north-east, “the most exciting, beautiful and friendly region in the whole of England” (Lonely Planet).

Join us on one of our popular London courses for great networking opportunities.

The momentum of Passivhaus activity north of the border is rapidly growing. Join us in Glasgow to ride this wave.

Come and take the course in a certified Passivhaus building! There are particularly good opportunities for visiting the numerous Passivhaus projects in the area as part of this course.

Join us on one of our popular London courses for great networking opportunities.