Course: Passive House Fundamentals, Teaser [English]

  • Introduction

    Welcome to this teaser!

    There are ten topics: each one is divided into sub-units including a video presentation, followed by further material and a short quiz that you can take several times if you have a Moodle account.

    In this teaser you can go through the following sub-units for free:

            1.1 What is a Passive House?
            1.2 Passive House and NZEB
            5.1 What is a thermal bridge?

    We hope you have an enjoyable experience. For more information, please download the learning targets covered in the full version of the e-learning course "Passive House Fundamentals".

    If you have any questions, feel free to contact us.

    The Passive House Team

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  • 1.1 What is a Passive House
          > Review quiz

    1.2 Passive House and NZEB
          > Review quiz

    1.3 Economics, life cycle costs
          > Review quiz


    Final quiz about the Passive
    House principles
  • 2.1 Heat transfer
          > Review quiz

    2.2 Humidity basics
          > Review quiz

    2.3 Humidity in the building
          > Review quiz


    Final quiz about physical basics
  • 3.1 Continuous insulation layer
          > Review quiz

    3.2 Insulation materials
          > Review quiz


    Final quiz about opaque elements
  • 4.1 Passive House windows
          and installation
          > Review quiz
  • 6.1 Importance of airtightness
          > Review quiz

    6.2 Airtightness implementation
          basics
          > Review quiz

    6.3 Airtightness testing basics
          > Review quiz


    Final quiz about airtightness
  • 7.1 Why do we need to ventilate
          > Review quiz

    7.2 Ventilation concepts for a
          Passive House
          > Review quiz

    7.3 MVHR anatomy and
          specifications for certification
          > Review quiz


    Final quiz about ventilation
  • 8.1 Heat supply for space heating
          and Domestic Hot Water
          > Review quiz

    8.2 Heat storage and distribution
          > Review quiz


    Final quiz about heating
  • 9.1 Passive House in warm
          conditions
          > Review quiz
  • 10.1 Energy balancing with PHPP
            > Review quiz

    10.2 Renewables
            > Review quiz

    10.3 PER and classes
            > Review quiz


    Final quiz about PHPP
  • Final assessment

    This assessment will be only available once.
    In case of success, you will be granted a certificate of participation.

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    Certified Passive House Designer & Consultant course

    >  6th to 14th November 2017 in English

        at the Passive House Institute, Darmstadt (Germany)



    PHPP & designPH Workshops

    > 13th to 16th November 2017 in English

    > 19th to 22nd September 2017 in German

    at the Passive House Institute, Darmstadt (Germany)