2025 How to Build a Passivhaus Series
The ‘How to Build a Passivhaus on-demand series 2025′ is a must attend intermediate level series for anyone eager to gain practical insights from the UK’s most experienced practitioners in designing and constructing to the Passivhaus standard.
Passivhaus buildings provide a high level of occupant comfort while using very little energy for heating and cooling. They are built with rigorous design & construction and are certified through an exacting quality assurance process. In this series we delve into four projects, the teams behind them and how they worked efficiently and effectively to design and deliver certified Passivhaus standard projects.
Whether you are a self builder, private developer or social housing provider, this series offers valuable lessons to help you navigate challenges and obstacles in delivering Passivhaus projects. Attendees will benefit from practical advice, proven strategies and key dos and don’ts.
Intermediate level
PHI credit points
Hours long
Paid course
Course Content
Learning Outcomes
Embracing the Passivhaus Standard
- Understand the difference between building using some of the Passivhaus Principles and achieving the Passivhaus Standard.
- Understand the implications of site location and complexity on achieving the Passivhaus Standard.
- Understand the benefits and input that a Passivhaus certifier brings to a project.
OPTIMISATION FOR FUNCTIONS, AESTHETICS AND ECONOMY
- Understand why Passivhaus Projects Hooks Hollow, Bishops Castle and Kirsty Maguire’s Newport-on-Tay Passivhaus Home all made the decision to work to Peak heating load rather than space demand performance targets and how this allowed them to optimise their projects.
- Understand the implications of material choice had on optimizing the design to cost effectively achieve the Passivhaus Standard.
Onsite Efficiency from Start to Certification
- Using Bishops Castle, Dovehouse Court and Hook Hollow as examples of Passivhaus timber frame construction, demonstrate an understanding of how construction sequencing and design decisions impact on the completed build quality.
- Identify reasons why having an appropriate trained construction team impact on the quality of the build and ease of the construction process.
Effective and efficient heating, hot water and ventilation
- Understand how design decisions impact of the efficiency of heating, hot water and ventilation systems within a Passivhaus.
- Using Bishops Castle, Dovehouse Court and Hook Hollow as examples recognise examples of good practice when installing heating, hot water and ventilation systems within a Passivhaus.
- Identify how PHPP can be used as a design tool for heating, hot water and ventilation systems.
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Embracing The Passivhaus Standard
OPTIMISATION FOR FUNCTIONS, AESTHETICS AND ECONOMY
Onsite Efficiency from Start to Certification
Effective and efficient heating, hot water and ventilation
Pricing
| Full series (5 lectures) | Individual lecture | |
|---|---|---|
| Member price | £112+VAT | £28+VAT |
| Non-member price | £160+VAT | £40+VAT |
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