Updated Passive House Certification

Posted by Passive House Institute , February 5, 2024 - Energy, Member News, Passive House Institute

In an era witnessing a growing global preference for sustainable living, the Passive House concept has emerged as a frontrunner, embodying a profound shift towards healthier and energy-efficient lifestyles. With an impressive count of over 41,600 certified units and a cumulative floor area of 3,866,000 m² adhering to the exacting standards set by the Passive House Institute, the movement is unmistakably on the rise. The Passive House database, a repository…

Deep retrofit and everyone benefits

Posted by Passive House Institute , January 17, 2024 - Construction, Member News, Passive House Institute

Darmstadt, Germany. Retrofits are the key to climate protection in the building sector. To support the uptake of retrofit solutions, the Passive House Institute's 27th International Passive House Conference will take place with a focus on significantly improving the energy performance of existing buildings to the EnerPHit standard. The conference will take place from April 5 to April 7 in Innsbruck, Austria, including a Passive House specialists' exhibition. The conference…

designPH 2.0 is here…

Posted by NYPH , January 2, 2024 - Industry News, Passive House Institute

New features: New shading analysis based on 3D ray-tracing and Perez radiation model. Complex shading scenes can be analysed accurately and  both winter and summer shading factors can be exported to PHPP. New "Compare results" tab allows the key analysis results to be tracked and compared over time as the model evolves. Assignment of user-defined Thermal Bridge component entries. Additional ventilation inputs such as the ventilation strategy, MVHR unit selection,…

iPHA Webinars free for NYPH members

Posted by NYPH , January 2, 2024 - Architects, Member News, Passive House Institute

Welcome to the iPHA Webinar vault. Here, you can find the recordings of previous iPHA webinars and enjoy them at your leisure. The iPHA webinars are a member benefit free of charge for NYPH/iPHA members, iPHA members can log in and view the webinars directly online and are offered throughout the year. Each webinar offers two live sessions covering the same presentation, so people worldwide can join at a starting…

Passive House De­sign­er / Con­sult­ant course

Posted by NYPH , September 5, 2023 - Industry News, Passive House Institute

Learn first-hand from experts at the Passive House Institute, how to design energy-efficient & cost-optimal buildings worldwide! A prerequisite is a general knowledge of Passive House, which you can conveniently acquire via the approx. 3-day e-learning Passive House Fundamentals: https://elearning.passivehouse.com You also need a good level of English (B2 or equivalent), basic knowledge of building physics, as well as the ability to use Microsoft® Excel. E-learning "Passive House Fundamentals": preparatory training on…

PHPP Expert Course PH Institute 2023

Posted by NYPH , May 15, 2023 - Passive House Institute

Join us online for 6 halfdays of online workshops on PHPP including DesignPH, PHPP Advanced and Thermal Bridges. Each workshop is individually bookable. This course is aimed to all building professionals. All you need is a good level of English (B2 or equivalent) and basic knowledge of the Passive House concept and the PHPP (practical experience or the Passive House designer/consultant course) as well as the ability to use Microsoft®…

PHI | Building Criteria Update

Posted by NYPH , May 31, 2022 - Industry News, Passive House Institute

Coinciding with the launch of the English PHPP 10, the Passive House Institute has published updated building criteria, which define the requirements for certification relating to the Passive House, EnerPHit and PHI Low Energy Building standards. Among other things, the calculation of the limit values now takes into account the boundary conditions of a specific building. This applies to the primary energy demand of densely occupied residential and office buildings…

Reliable partner for energy balancing!

Posted by NYPH , May 20, 2022 - Passive House Institute

PHPP 10 now available in English language Darmstadt, Germany. The energy demand of a building can be reliably calculated using the Passive House Planning Package (PHPP). The Passive House Institute has developed the 10th version of the PHPP, which is now also available in English. PHPP 10 contains helpful new add-ons and features for the energy balancing of highly efficient buildings. The new features will be presented in detail in…

Dublin City Council Votes to Make Passive House Standard Mandatory

Posted by NYPH , June 21, 2016 - General Interest - Science & Lifestyle, News, Passive House Institute, Real Estate, Technical

Dublin City Council has voted to make the passive house standard or demonstrably equivalent evidence-based approaches mandatory for all new buildings in the city, after a similar policy was enacted in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council in February. (From Passive House Plus Magazine) On 30 May the council met to discuss the chief executive’s report on the public consultation in response to the first draft of the development plan, which included…

NYC’s First Certified Passive House Townhouse in a Landmark District

Posted by NYPH , April 14, 2016 - General Interest - Science & Lifestyle, Passive House Institute, Projects, Real Estate

    Location:  20 Garden Place, Brooklyn Heights, New York Size:  3600 Square Feet Levels:  4 Levels + Cellar + Penthouse Addition Construction:  Masonry Row House, Exposed Front and Rear Walls       The home at 20 Garden Place was a two-family home in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District that Baxt Ingui Architects converted into a single family home. Where most of the exterior detail at the front façade remained…