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Certified Passivhaus Designer

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.

Contractor & Certified Passivhaus Tradesperson

Discover a proven fabric-first approach to low-energy building with our Contractor & Certified Passivhaus Tradesperson course, designed for contractors at a supervisory or management level and 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.

Bitesize Low Energy Design

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.

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Trainer Insights - Passivhaus is mostly about quality!

The Passivhaus standard delivers comfortable, healthy environments with minimal energy requirements by emphasising quality throughout the design and construction processes. But quality shouldn’t be the preserve of a voluntary standard – it should be for everyone.

Published on 29/05/2025

Written by Liam McDonagh-Greaves

Q&A Sessions Passivhaus Designer for Students and Lecturers

Are you a Built Environment student or lecturer looking to future-proof your career? Coaction Training CIC is excited to announce a specially discounted Passivhaus Designer summer course open to all UK university students and lecturers in built environment disciplines! 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.

Published on 15/05/2025

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Trainer Insights - Retrofit Moisture Risk

Retrofit: Importance of considering moisture risk with internal wall insulation (IWI), on solid walls!

Published on 13/03/2025

Written by Eric Fewster

Testimonial - Certified Passivhaus Designer Course

Aurore Baulier
Architect
Atelier Baulier

I now feel more confident when it comes to building fabric detailing and integrating services in projects. Having facts and data to back-up conversations with clients is also really helpful.

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Adam Harper
Housing 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.

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Matthew Wilkins
Architect & Sustainability Consultant
Kendall Kingscott

The breadth of learning was fantastic and have an overview of services design, construction practices and economics that I never expected. I would recommend it to anyone interested in sustainable architecture.

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