120A: Passive House Design and Construction

As the situation with COVID-19 (“coronavirus”) progresses, our in-class courses are now being offered through an online, live webinar format. With this shift, we plan to increase the accessibility of our training, as well as facilitate the sharing of ideas in our community online.

We have divided the course into 8 sections (4 hours/day) with a 30 minute break between each session. Should you be unable to attend these dates, the webinars will be recorded to still provide you the valuable learning tools.

DATES:

Monday, April 6- Thursday April 9 2020 – 9am to 1pm (PST) each day 

Thursday April 16- Sunday April 19 2020- 9am to 1pm (PST) each day 

Course description

120A: Passive House Design and Construction is a four-day course that covers the technical, economic and policy elements of Passive House buildings. Participants will learn how to apply Passive House principles in the context of building physics, windows and mechanical systems. Numerous case studies, both domestic and international, will be used to demonstrate current best practices and teach concepts of cost assessment. Participants will also have the opportunity to solidify their learning with interactive exercises throughout the course.

120A can be taken as a standalone course even if you don’t intend to write the Certified Passive House Designer/Consultant Exam. If you intend to write the exam we strongly recommend you take 120A, 120B and 120C prior to writing the exam.

• Building science and energy use, overview of Passive House principles
• In-depth look at insulation and airtightness design and construction techniques
• Thermal bridging principles, elimination of thermal bridges through better design and construction
• Window placement and construction, window components and efficiency
• Ventilation system design principles, components, distribution and operation
• Heating and cooling a Passive House building, design principles, components, distribution and operation
• Economics of Passive House design and construction, cost and risk reduction, marketability
• Quality assurance and testing
• Building certification process

Recommended for

Building industry professionals and individuals who are going to be involved in the design and construction of Passive House buildings or EnerPHit (retrofit) projects, including: architects, engineers, design professionals, site supervisors, general contractors, building inspectors, city planners, homeowners, investors and suppliers of high performance building materials that may be used in Passive House construction.

Prerequisites / required background knowledge

There are no prerequisites for this course, however it will be assumed that the participants can read blueprints and have a basic understanding of construction terminology. This course does include some use of mathematical formulas.

Please note: 110: Introduction to Passive House High Performance Buildings is not required to take this course.

Learning resources provided

• Digital copy of course slides

Course Instructors

The instructor for this course will be Marcel Studer and Philippe St Jean 

Professional development

Total number of learning hours: 28

AIBC Core Learning Units: 26

PIBC Organized & Structured CPL Units: 26

BC Housing (HPO) Training Hours: 28.00

EGBC credits: self-reported

Register soon

If insufficient registrations are received by 14 days before this course is scheduled to start, it may be canceled.  While we do our best to plan our course schedule well in advance, course dates, venues and instructors are subject to change.

Cancellation and Refund Policy

Important: please read our refund policy, available in our Course and Exam FAQs page.