Passive House tool PHPP validated by ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 140-2017

Posted by NYPH , February 25, 2020 - Policy

  In January 2019, the Passive House Planning Package (PHPP) version 9.6 was evaluated in accordance with ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 140, a comparative testing method for building energy programs. Passive House Institute (PHI) The validation tests consist of a series of carefully described sample case building plans. Results from modelling different test cases with the software being tested are compared to those of reference software results. The class II test cases,…

Validation of PHPP v9.6 using ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 140-2017

Posted by NYPH , June 5, 2019 - Uncategorized

In January 2019, the Passive House Planning Package (PHPP) version 9.6 was evaluated in accordance with ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 140, a comparative testing method for building energy programs. The validation tests consist of a series of carefully described sample case building plans. Results from modelling different test cases with the software being tested are compared to those of reference software results. The class II test cases, geared towards annual building energy…