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The Passive House Network Announces Launch of Passive House Planning…

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When we look to drive down building carbon emissions and make more robust and equitable outcomes, the PHPP energy model is the organizing tool that makes it all possible,

The Passive House Network announced today the launch of the Passive House Planning Package (PHPP) course as an online, on-demand, training for Passive House home design and construction. The PHPP is used by architects, engineers, consultants, and contractors – as an integrated design and construction tool.

“When we look to drive down building carbon emissions and make more robust and equitable outcomes, the PHPP energy model is the organizing tool that makes it all possible,” said Ken Levenson, PHN Executive Director. Levenson noted, “The PHPP is an Excel-based tool that allows the designer to simulate the behavior of the building both during ‘peak’ times – winter and summer – and over an entire year. It’s a flexible, easy-to-use model that allows for quick iteration and design alternate evaluation.”

The PHPP course is self-paced, allowing participants to repeat and review sections as needed to fully absorb the lessons. It offers 24 AIA continuing education credits. The training is organized around 9 learning objectives that give students a thorough grounding in PHPP practice for homes, and include:

  • Learn the structure, inputs, and outputs of PHPP software
  • Select and input appropriate climate data sets in PHPP
  • Measure and record building characteristics (areas, volumes, etc)
  • Specify building assemblies and components
  • Model HVAC systems
  • Assess building heat loss, energy demand, and summertime overheating risk
  • Understand proper sourcing of performance data
  • Gain practical experience in completing a PHPP assessment for a residential development
  • Intended Audience: Architects, developers, self-builders, and other building professionals.

The course was developed in collaboration with Peel Passive House Consulting Ltd. Founder, Andrew Peel stated, “We are excited to help offer this course to Passive House practitioners across the US and North America because understanding and working with the PHPP is essential to making effective Passive House buildings.”

The course, Using PHPP in Passive House Design and Certification, is part of a larger Passive House education pathway, that begins with introductory classes, including a suite of on-demand introductory topics offered by the Building Energy Exchange (BEEx), based in NYC, the core Certified Passive House Designer and Certified Passive House Tradesperson courses, and other specialized expert training, all organized to build on each other and support growing high-performance competency as we work to make buildings a solution to our climate, health, and social crises.

This course can be accessed at: https://naphnetwork.org/education/specialized/phpp/

About The Passive House Network:

The Passive House Network (PHN), formerly know as NAPHN, is a high-performance building literacy program. We provide comprehensive, high-quality Passive House education to stakeholders across the building industry – from architects and engineers to builders and developers, to regulators and policymakers. We demystify the impact of design and construction choices, form knowledge-sharing networks, raise expectations, and transform how professionals fundamentally think and work.

PHN is an independent national non-profit educational organization affiliated with the International Passive House Association (iPHA) and the Passive House Institute (PHI), located in Darmstadt, Germany.

PHN has chapters based in New Jersey (http://www.njpassivehouse.com), Washington DC (http://www.naphnetwork.org), the Rocky Mountain Region (http://www.phrockymountains.com), Minnesota (http://www.passivehouseminnesota.org) and Pennsylvania (http://www.passivehousepa.org).

PHN supports the widespread adoption of the international Passive House design and construction standards, building science principles and protocols, as a critical response to our climate crisis – providing unparalleled effectiveness in mitigating climate disruptions and adapting to rapidly changing environmental conditions.

http://www.naphnetwork.org

About Passive House:

Passive House is an international building standard and methodology, applicable to buildings of all kinds from office buildings to hospitals, new-build and renovations, that results in a dramatic drop in operational energy use, and more comfortable and healthy occupants – meant to aggressively mitigate our climate crisis while providing resilient adaptation.

The Passive House Standard was developed by the Passive House Institute (PHI), an independent scientific research organization, located in Darmstadt, Germany, and includes specific requirements for energy use and comfort of occupants. The Passive House Standard is being successfully applied to thousands of buildings and millions of square feet around the world, from Boston to Beijing.

The Passive House methodology starts with reducing cooling, dehumidification, and heating loads by focusing, not on gadgets and active technology, but instead on fully integrated durable passive building components, such as proper continuous thermal-bridge-free insulation, continuous airtightness, high-performance windows and doors, and ventilation that includes a high-efficiency heat/energy recovery core, carefully calculated, and all integrated with the entire architectural process of design and construction. http://www.passivehouse.com http://www.passipedia.org

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