Are you excited to start your Passivhaus learning but concerned that your mathematical skills may be a bit rusty?
You came to the right place!
The " Master Passivhaus Basics: Tradesperson Pre-Course" is designed to make understanding Passive House easier and take the stress out of your learning journey.
It covers the basic concepts and terminology, helping you understand the subject without feeling overwhelmed. Many students worry about their math skills when starting to study Passive House, but this course allows you to review and improve your knowledge before embarking on the Certified Passivhaus Tradesperson Course.
You can access course recordings to revise and learn at your own pace.
The topics that will be covered in this course are:
• The Passive House Concept: Why Passivhaus?
• Energy management concepts
• The Passivhaus standard
• The 5 components and principles of Passivhaus
• U-Value calculations
• Window calculations
• Airflow and air-quantity calculations
• The magic formula: Mastering heat transfer (The SPA advantage)
• General math’s skills
Start your learning journey that unveils the basics of Passivhaus.
• Gain a basic understanding of the concept of Passivhaus calculations
• Learn basic Passivhaus vocabulary
• Refresh maths skills, including: working with fractions, transforming formulas, working with units and transforming units
• Become familiar with the main Passivhaus formulas and mathematical concepts
• Become familiar with SPA’s Passivhaus formula booklet (shortened version). (The full booklet is available exclusively to SPA certification course students)
This is a self-paced course and can be undertaken at any time. Recordings will be available in the student’s account.
• Full access to the recordings on the SPA learning platform
• SPA’s Passivhaus tools and formula booklet
• Personalised ‘certification of participation'
This course is designed for anyone interested in taking the Certified Passivhaus Tradesperson course. It is suitable for professionals such as architects, building designers, engineers, contractors, builders, policymakers, salespeople, teachers, and anyone else involved in building design and planning.
PC, Mac or Laptop, good internet connection (4 Mbps)
