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Becoming a certified Passive House Designer is a way for individuals and professionals to gain specialized knowledge and skills in designing highly energy-efficient and comfortable buildings.
The Passivhaus standard is a rigorous energy efficiency standard recognized internationally and rapidly gaining popularity globally.
Certification as a Passive House Designer demonstrates a high level of expertise in healthy, sustainable and affordable building design.
We want you to succeed – and there’s no investment as sure as the investment you make in
YOUR EDUCATION and your future.
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But for the smart ones – the leaders among us – there is an opportunity… to prepare and get ready for the good times.
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The Smart Plus Academy Passivhaus Designer Course 3.0 brings you up to speed on what your University Degree has been lacking regarding your ability to design:
Passivhaus design is an emerging field and obtaining the certification can give a professional an edge over other architects, engineers or builders in the job market.
Passivhaus design is a sustainable building approach that reduces the energy consumption of buildings, which helps to combat climate change.
Passive House buildings are designed to be highly energy-efficient, which can result in significant cost savings for building owners and occupants over the life of the building.
Passivhaus buildings are designed to provide high levels of thermal comfort, which can improve the quality of life for building occupants.
Passivhaus is recognized and implemented in many countries around the world, and certification as a Passive House Designer is recognized internationally, making it a valuable asset for professionals who like to work globally.
We need to act today if we want to avoid a climate disaster. With this qualification you can contribute to this global effort every day at work.
The Passivhaus movement is growing exponentially fast and joining today will mean you are one of the leaders of change.
Did you experience thermal discomfort in buildings? Don’t let your clients suffer the same.
Australia's and New Zealand's building regulations are changing rapidly. England and the European Union already require nearly zero energy buildings.
These courses will significantly improve your sustainable design practice.
Let your client enjoy the comforts of their home in any weather event.
Since the beginning, Daniel has been obsessed with optimising the course. On the one hand, the traditional material was outdated. On the other hand, the material was not architect and building designer friendly.
Instead of showing plans for many different projects with different symbols and abbreviations for the same things, Smart Plus Academy uses one project.
Your Smart Plus Academy teachers will guide you through all the relevant details in every common construction method like:
But not only that, we look at required build-ups in all climate zones for each building method.
Additionally, we discuss alternative construction methods like SIPS, straw bale, rammed earth…
We apply a similar approach to retrofitting, showing a universal retrofit master plan for the common building methods.
If you want to be able to design buildings in any climate zone anywhere in the world then there is nothing like the Smart Plus Academy Course. We teach how to get it right from the beginning and not fix currently wrong building practices.
GOLD – VIRTUAL LIVE – Premium support course with the highest teacher engagement
SILVER – Q&A SUPPORTED – Study on your own and join the 6 virtual live Q&A sessions
BRONZE – INDEPENDENT – Study on your own and at your own pace
In just 6 half days, plus the exercises and the exam, you’ll gain the internationally recognised Passivhaus Designer Certification.
If you get a GOLD – Virtual Live – Ticket, we are so confident that you pass that we will even give you the money back if you don’t get certified.
Our courses have a proven professional process that has seen all of our students pass the certification with included 3 attempts.
Over 500 happy building industry professionals successfully certified as Passive House Professionals.
For years Daniel asked before every course, “How can we make this the best course ever delivered?” Every feedback or struggle from our outstanding students gets analysed and used to improve the course. This is why we are pretty sure you will get the best course ever delivered too.
Overview of Passive House principles and certification.
Health and comfort considerations.
Quality assurance and building certification.
Sustainable construction and design.
Materials and approaches for creating the thermal envelope.
Airtightness, vapour and weather-control systems.
Designs and solutions to address thermal bridging.
Solutions for air tight and thermal bridge design.
Construction detailing and systems.
The components and installation of windows.
Systems and strategies for managing shading.
The Magic Formula – the one formula that covers 80% of your calculations in Passive House design.
Systems and strategies for ventilation and heat-recovery.
The components of heat-recovery ventilation systems.
Design and sizing of heat-recovery ventilation systems.
Commissioning of heat ventilation system and regulations.
Heating concepts, generation and distribution.
Cooling introduction & strategies.
The use and optimisation of domestic hot water systems.
Passive House certification & standard.
Working with your Passive House certifier.
Economic basics in Passive House design.
Dynamic economical calculations.
Passive House vs conventional buildings
Profitability calculations.
The Passive House Standard.
The retrofitting masterplan.
When does retrofitting make sense?
Retrofitting the building envelope.
Retrofitting the mechanical systems.
Introduction to PHPP software (Passive House Planning Package) and DesignPH
The easiest way to become Internationally recognised as a
Certified Passive House Designer and Consultant.
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Daniel is an engineer, entrepreneur, and educator.
Daniel started his career as a carpenter in Germany and then worked in Ireland for six years. After ten years in the building industry, he completed his German and Canadian master’s in civil and structural engineering, specialising in building physics and building science.
He also worked for nearly two years on a European Union research project to improve sustainable building practices.
At the age of 37, Daniel started Smart Plus Academy (SPA), following his passion for educating and sharing his immense knowledge and experience. Since 2017, Daniel and his team have taught most of Australia’s certified Passive House professionals.
Now, Daniel is focusing on GLOBAL Passive House education for an even more significant impact.
After studying architecture in her home country, Germany, Julia moved to Australia in 2006.
She then worked for leading architectural practices in Melbourne, Perth, and Darwin – along the way, gaining an understanding of Australia’s different geographic zones and the extremes of its climate.
Deeply passionate about sustainability and energy-efficient building design, Julia graduated as a Certified Passive House Designer in 2018. She has since made it her mission to bring about change in the building sector and to educate Australians about comfortable, healthy, and sustainable living spaces.
In 2020, Julia joined Smart Plus Academy as a Passive House trainer. She now educates building professionals across Australia about the Passive House standard.
Trusted by over 500+ students & growing…
Exam Option IFri, 15.09.2023 | Sydney [AU]: 09:00 – 14:00 Perth [AU]: 07:00 – 12:00 Wellington [NZ]: 11:00 – 16:00 London/Dublin [UK/IRE]: 24:00 – 05:00 |
Exam Option IIFri, 22.09.2023 | Sydney [AU]: 18:00 – 23:00 Perth [AU]: 16:00 – 21:00 Wellington [NZ]: 20:00 – 01:00 London/Dublin [UK/IRE]: 09:00 – 14:00 |
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