Certified Passive House Consultant training

Date Occurred: 13 0928   Received Passive House design training and became a "Certified Passive House Consultant" (CPHC) through Passive House International | US (PHIUS). Passive House is the gold standard in designing energy-efficient high-performance buildings. Certified Passive House Consultants implement building science principles and passive house design techniques for single and multi-family residential, commercial, institutional and industrial buildings across all North American climates. The Passive House design program works well for new and remodel/retrofit projects. Since Passive House is a performance (not prescriptive) based design, building owners have greater flexibility in design, finish material and building style selections. The computer energy modeling used during the design process has been extensively field tested and verified. Actual construction can out-perform computer energy modeling due to built in conservative calculations. See an outline of Passive House Principles, benefits, quality assurance, investment value, history, materials, equipment and renewable energy in the Passive House Principles blog entry.  Visit Passive House International | US (PHIUS) at http://www.phius.org