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Certified Passivhaus Designer

  • Part Time - 2/3 days/wk
  • FROM £2,100
  • Taught Live Online

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.

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About this course

Learn the art of designing high-performance, low-energy buildings with our internationally recognised Certified Passivhaus Designer Course.

Through a blend of live webinars, interactive tutorials, and self-study, you'll gain a deep understanding of the Passivhaus standard, building physics, and the essential elements of designing and detailing the building envelope and services. You'll also be introduced to Passivhaus Planning Package (PHPP) software, completing a whole PHPP and understanding how to use it effectively to interrogate design.

You will be taught by the UK's leading Passivhaus experts - our trainers are all highly-experienced practitioners actively working in the sector, who will share practical insights into best practices and real-world challenges. This course will teach you how to bring this learning to your projects in addition to thoroughly preparing you for the Certified Passivhaus Designer/Consultant exam in addition to thoroughly preparing you for the Certified Passivhaus Designer/Consultant exam.

What's included:

• Live, online teaching sessions with our experienced trainers, plus additional tutorials

• Ongoing access to all training materials, further resources and case studies on our learning platform for 2 years, to support you in applying your new-found knowledge to your work.

• Hard copy training manuals that you can use during the exam.

• FREE tape sample pack, to support your practical understanding.

• FREE enrolment in the Passivhaus Institute’s Certified Passivhaus Designer exam

• Our foundation course Bitesize Low Energy Design is included for FREE to get you up to speed with design essentials (usual cost £398)

• FREE access to our Introduction to THERM self-study course (usual cost £180 ) Discounts for follow-on training with Coaction, including Passivhaus in Practice and Advanced Retrofit Delivery Courses.

• Access to our alumni group on LinkedIn to connect with your peers, ask questions and share best practice.

• 100 hours CPD

See course structure, fees, and dates below.

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We integrate real-world examples covering a broad spectrum of projects, and industry expertise, to provide you with a comprehensive learning experience. With a total commitment of around 100 hours, this part-time learning course blends live teaching and self-study to fit around your professional schedule.

By the end of the course, you will:

  1. Understand the Passivhaus standard and how it is crucial for achieving high building performance.
  2. Recognise the impact of design choices and how decisions on form factor, airtightness, thermal bridging, insulation, and glazing affect performance.
  3. Assess the impact of construction choices, considering multiple construction methods and how to detail common elements.
  4. Define design strategies to prevent summer overheating.
  5. Explore the principles of effective ventilation in Passivhaus buildings.
  6. Understand heating & hot water systems for Passivhaus and considerations for designing efficient heating and hot water distribution systems.
  7. Complete energy modelling using PHPP (Passivhaus Planning Package) software and gain proficiency in using it for design and analysis.
  8. Understand the role of a Passivhaus Designer/Consultant, what your responsibilities are and how to collaborate effectively on Passivhaus projects.
  9. Prepare thoroughly for the Certified Passivhaus Designer/Consultant exam with essential techniques and revision.

Course Modules:

Bitesize Low Energy Design: (20 hours)

Foundation learning to bring you up to speed with low energy design principles and essential concepts. There are 15 hours of self-study to complete in your own time over two weeks, plus additional live online workshops to check and deepen learning. NOTE: If you have already completed the Bitesize Low Energy Design Course separately please get in touch with the team to discuss.

Building Physics Basics (3 hours)

You may be feeling rusty on your maths skills, so this mini-module will give you a recap to build your confidence for the rest of the course. This is a short self-study introduction to building physics, working through the essential equations you will encounter on this course.

Fabric (30 hours)

Explore building physics concepts including heat transfer, the energy balance of buildings and what is necessary to ensure thermal comfort and avoid summer overheating, learning how each of the required values can be calculated and what this means in practice for building design. At each stage, practical construction examples and guidance provide context to the science. We discuss how Passivhaus construction differs to standard practice, with a focus on achieving airtightness and thermal bridge free construction, and understand how successful design follows through to what happens on site.

Building Services for Passivhaus (15 hours)

You'll cover concepts, calculations and commissioning for ventilation design, heating systems and hot water distribution and a review of Primary Energy Renewable. We explore different elements of building services used in Passivhaus, and what's different to business as usual, essential learning regardless of whether you are a services engineer or not - we want you to be able to interrogate services design at a high level and understand how services requirements can influence the building design.

PHPP - Introduction to Passivhaus Planning Package software (18 hours)

Bringing together learning from the previous modules, we guide you through completing a whole PHPP spreadsheet through a mix of live teaching and self-study, allowing you to develop your understanding of the inputs, parameters and implications for building design.

Economics for Passivhaus measures (4 hours)

A short self-study module looking at simple payback (cost of measure/annual saving), return or loss on investment and what is the true cost.

Exam Preparation (12 hours)

We support you to prepare fully for the exam. During a live revision session we recap on the core concepts and guide you through what to expect during the exam itself and exam technique and tips. We provide plenty of support, practice questions and a mock exam. Small-group tutorials at the end will cover any specific areas of concern.

Final exam (3 hour online exam, open book )

Scroll down for fees and course dates.

  • Membership Price: £2,100 excl. VAT EARLY BIRD* / £2,500 excl. VAT. Available to Passivhaus Trust or AECB members. Check their websites for membership details.
  • Standard Price: £2,800 excl. VAT

*Early Bird Price: Available to PHT or AECB members only who book and pay more than 4 weeks before the course starts

Additional Costs: PHPP Software is required for the PHPP module and exam. Costs start at £180.00 excl. VAT. Purchase from the AECB website (discounts available for multi-buyers and members).

Group Discount: 10% off for booking 3 or more places on the same course.

Free Access: Our Bitesize Low Energy Design Course is included in the Designer course. Contact us for a discount if you have already completed this course previously.

Social Impact: As a Community Interest Company, any profits are reinvested to enhance our courses and support the upskilling of built environment professionals in the UK.


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What our graduates say...


"Eye-opening, well-organised and inspirational. Honestly, other courses don't compare."

designer Graduate


"The fact that each of the trainers has hands on experience in the field delivering certified passive houses is really what sets this course apart"

designer Graduate


"I found the quality of the teaching to be incredibly high with a real depth of knowledge shown by all and really obvious personal interest"

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