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This course will fundamentally transform your approach to sustainable design, giving you knowledge which can be brought to every one of your projects, no matter the brief. Join our community of Certified Passivhaus Designers and become a catalyst for positive change in the construction industry.
Discover a proven fabric-first approach to low-energy building with our Contractor & Certified Passivhaus Tradesperson course, designed for contractors in supervisory or management roles. along with their supply chains. You'll develop skills to deliver successful Passivhaus builds on-site, whether large or small, and the knowledge to achieve the internationally recognized Passivhaus Tradesperson certificate, backed by UK-specific expertise.
This introductory level course explores sustainable construction design through lessons learnt from Passivhaus, offering a quality-assured route to achieving healthy, high performance buildings, with a focus on reducing energy use, while also addressing embodied energy and construction waste.
New Format, Same Rigour – Starting September with Coaction
Published on 12/08/2025
Written by Camille Sifferlen
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The Passivhaus standard delivers comfortable, healthy environments with minimal energy requirements by emphasising quality throughout the design and construction processes.
Published on 01/08/2025
Written by Toby Cambray
A straightforward grant that provided Wales-based business Spring Design the opportunity to consider a holistic training programme for our staff.
Published on 11/07/2025
Written by Tabitha Binding
Adam HarperHousing Development Manager City of York Council
If you have done some pre-existing retrofit such as AECB Carbonlite Retrofit or Passivhaus training and want to extend your retrofit knowledge further this will be a great course for you.
Alan McKayArchitectAlan McKay Architect
"The Bitesize course is very helpful to reassess basic design approach to any project, small or large."
Amy SomervilleRetrofit Programme ManagerJoseph Rowntree Housing Trust
A great refresher on building physics. I enjoyed applying this to the in depth case study and detailing discussions on risks, benefits, buildability and sequencing whilst hearing about others' experiences and creative solutions.
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