Next Virtual Live Passivhaus Tradesperson Course
There has never been a more important time in history for you to
Gain the Passivhaus Tradesperson Education
right now
The energy crises, global warming and the move to renewable energy requires a rethinking of the building industry
Join our Passivhaus Tradesperson Course 3.0 and
be a part of the solution
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WE DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU... The building regulations are not good enough to solve the climate crisis.
THAT'S A FACT.
THE QUESTION IS...
WHAT CAN YOU DO TODAY TO
TACKLE THE CLIMATE CRISIS?
(Just because our governments don’t act, doesn’t mean you can’t!)
- 38 degrees Celsius measured in Siberia at the Arctic Circle in 2020
- Both of earth's polar regions experienced extreme and unprecedented heat waves in 2022
- The Russian War let's energy prices explode and causes fuel poverty, especially in Europe
- People die in the thousands during heatwaves due to poor building design ever single year.
- We have less than 700 days until we must plummet emissions if we want to have any chance to maintain the 1.5°C goal alive.
- The list goes on and on – turbulent times are ahead and not just in our industry.
Join our Passivhaus Tradesperson Course 3.0 and
be a part of the solution
We want you to succeed – and there’s no investment as sure as the investment you make in
YOUR EDUCATION and your future.
WHY NOW?
Most people will go into survival mode during social, political, and economic uncertainty like we’re facing now. They shrink back, play small, and wait until the storm is over.
But for the smart ones – the leaders among us – there is an opportunity… to prepare and get ready for the good times.
Now is the time to upskill, rethink and restructure your life, work, and business.
It’s the time to invest in yourself and your future.
Would you like to make a difference with your work in the Building Industry?
Use the slowdown to do the things you can’t do when you a flooded with work.
The Smart Plus Academy Passivhaus Tradesperson Course 3.0 brings you up to speed on what your apprenticeship has been lacking regarding your ability to build:
- Energy efficient,
- Healthy liveable and
- Affordable buildings.
Are you ready?
With the Smart Plus Academy Passivhaus Tradesperson Course 3.0, you can build energy-efficient, healthy and affordable solutions for residential and commercial buildings.
Why become
Passive House Certified?
As a Passive House Professional:
- You help offset our carbon footprint in your projects
- Ability to deliver a High-Quality service to clients
- Offer a unique service in the fast-growing Low-Carbon Building Industry
- Point of difference from your competitors
- Ability to charge for a premium quality service
WHAT MAKES the Smart Plus Academy Passivhaus Tradesperson Course 3.0
SO INCREDIBLE?
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 builder and tradesperson friendly.
Instead of showing plans for many different complex projects, Smart Plus Academy uses one project.
Your Smart Plus Academy teachers will use this one project and guide you through all the relevant details in every common construction method like:
- Timber framing,
- CLT,
- Concrete,
- Masonry and
- Steal construction.
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 construct 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.
Why Choose Smart Plus Academy?
Courses Tailored To Your Needs
GOLD – VIRTUAL LIVE – Premium support course with the highest teacher engagement
SILVER – Q&A SUPPORTED – Study on your own and join the 4 virtual live Q&A sessions
BRONZE – INDEPENDENT – Study on your own and at your own pace
Quickest Certification Turnaround
In just 4 half days, plus the exercises and the exam, you’ll gain the internationally recognised Passivhaus Tradesperson Certification.
Certification Guarantee
- With us, you don’t need to stress. Over 95% of the students passed on their first attempt, and no one needed three attempts to pass.
- Smart Plus Academy will give you all the tools and knowledge to pass the exam confidently.
- Should you fail your first attempt for any reason, we give you up to 3 exam attempts without any additional costs, if you get a GOLD – Virtual Live – or a SILVER – Q&A Supported – Ticket.
Money Back Guarantee
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.
100% Pass Rate
Our courses have a proven professional process that has seen all of our students pass the certification with included 3 attempts.
+500 Students and Growing...
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.
Our Partners
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What Is Included In The Passive House Tradesperson Certification Package
Step 01: Passive House Tradesperson Readiness Quiz
Test your foundational knowledge required to becoming Passive House Certified.
Step 02: Passive House Tradesperson Preparation Course
Our foundational program is designed to help to understand all the key mathematical concepts and terminology used in Passive House construction.
Step 03: Certified Passive House Tradesperson Course
Our Passive House Tradesperson Course is our comprehensive program designed to give you the working knowledge required in becoming a Certified Passive House Tradesperson.
You will learn 4 in-depth modules that are specially designed to prepare you for sitting your certification exam and
prepare you to start your first Passive House project.
Module 01 - Building Envelope
Overview of Passive House principles and certification.
Sustainable construction and design.
Materials and approaches for creating the thermal envelope.
Airtightness, vapour and weather-control systems.
Blower Door testing for Passive House Buildings.
Details and solutions to address thermal bridging.
Module 02 - Windows and Ventilation
The components and installation of windows.
Systems and strategies for managing shading.
Systems and strategies for ventilation and heat-recovery.
The components of heat-recovery ventilation systems.
Design and sizing of heat-recovery ventilation systems.
Module 03 - Build-ups, Details and Conditioning
Construction build-ups for any common building metode
Details for all common connections situations
Heating concepts, generation and distribution.
Cooling introduction & strategies.
The use and optimisation of domestic hot water systems.
Module 04 - Retrofit and Certification
The retrofitting master plan.
When does retrofitting make sense?
Retrofitting the building envelope.
Retrofitting the mechanical systems.
Passive House certification & standard.
Step 04: Passive House Tradesperson Examination Preparation Training
This course aims to familiarise you with the types of questions you will encounter during the certification exam, so you will be in the best position possible to pass and achieve certification.
This course also includes two mockup exams & many tips and tricks.
Step 05: Online Passive House Tradesperson Examination
Become internationally Recognised as a Passive House Tradesperson. The exam takes three hours. It includes design and mathematical components as well as multiple-choice questions. Please allow for five hours so that we can set up and you can submit your workings.
Passive House Institute (PHI) Certification
The easiest way to become Internationally recognised as a
Certified Passive House Tradesperson.
Silver & Gold Tickets
CERTIFICATION GUARANTEE
- We are confident you will pass the internationally recognised Passivhaus exam
- We will give you the tools and knowledge to pass the exam.
- We give you 3 exam attempts without any additional costs
- To now, no one needed 3 attempts to pass.
Your Trainers
Daniel Kress
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.
Julia Kiefer
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.
Reviews
Trusted by over 500+ students & growing…
Aaron Anstis
26. May, 2022.
Training and trainers were fantastic. The content is relevant and trainers deliver it very well. Lots of time for questions and interaction to assist with learning. Thanks so much to the entire Smart Plus Academy team!
Jeremiah Appleby
8. April, 2022.
I’m so happy I completed the designer course with Smart Plus. The trainers and support staff were excellent. Students were kept on track with regular communications and any queries were addressed promptly. I highly recommend training with Smart Plus.
Tess S
7. April, 2022.
I had such a wonderful experience and felt completely supported every step of the way during the course. Highly recommend if you’re looking to become a Certified Passive House Designer!
Pablo Shopen
6. April, 2022.
A comprehensive and challenging course providing a very strong foundation for your passive house journey. Julia and Daniel are knowledgeable, inspirational and understanding teachers who are very good at explaining complex topics and condensing the huge volume of information. I would highly recommend this wonderful course.
Sri R
6. April, 2022.
Daniel Kress brings this amazing energy to class, seeing how passionate he is and his belief in passive house has motivated me all the more! The passive house designer course is very well curated to the T, they have left no stone unturned and ensured they detailed every aspect keeping in mind that learners from various levels of experience undertake this course. As a sustainability graduate with very little industry experience I found it rather easy to navigate through the course because of their systematic approach.They provide you with all the required study materials and their 6-day online course delivered by Julia gives you a complete walkthrough of all conceps. Julia and the support team are very helpful whenever you need assistance in any way! It’s been an honour to undertake this course with SPA and I couldn’t recommend it more! To anyone looking to start their Passive house journey, THIS IS THE PLACE TO COME!
Stuart McKenzie Hall
12. January, 2022.
Excellent, detailed and thorough course, well presented perfect for a serious step in improving your Passive House Designer journey and obtaining a valuable qualification. Highly recommended.
sam foutoulis
24. November, 2021.
Great course tought by a passionate experienced team!
Madhu Priya
13. October, 2021.
I can say with utmost confidence that I made the best use of the Sydney lockdown by enrolling myself in the Passive House Designer course by the Smart Plus Academy.
Initially I was a bit skeptical about undertaking the course since I had just completed my Masters degree and had no prior industrial experience in this field and hence was not sure if I will be able to understand the concepts. But the course material was designed in such a way that it explained in great detail about every aspect of Passive House design. The effort put in by Daniel and Julia in delivering the concepts and engaging with the students through the homework tasks and exercises ensured a great level of understanding. The support team was also very prompt in answering our queries. Clearing the final exam was a cake walk with the level of preparation that we were put through.
Overall, it was a very knowledgeable experience and I highly recommend this course for those who aspire to bring about a positive change in the built environment.
Wei-Chih Lin
9. October, 2021.
I enrolled in the Certified Passive House Designer Course and I highly recommend the course. The course tutors Daniel and Julia, and the team were very helpful, professional, and knowledgable.
Nick J
6. October, 2021.
Good course and content in preparation for examination. Supportive team prior to enrolling to discuss course suitability for my needs.
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Tickets - Passivhaus Tradesperson Course
14.08.2023 – 07.09.2023 (every Mon and Thu)
Bronze
- Independent -
Study on your own and
at your own pace
AUD $
1,997
Retail price per ticket: 2,000
Retail price per ticket:
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Immediate access to the course preparation materials and manuals
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Access to the SPA learning platform for 180 days
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Lifetime access to the private Facebook Support Group
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Exam prep training
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1 exam attempt
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BONUSES
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Smart Plus Academy Formula booklet and Passivhaus Execution Guide
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Optimised Homework and Exercises to deepen understanding
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Quizzes to check personal progress
Price in your currency:
$1,997.00 AUD
Silver
- Q&A Supported -
Study on your own and join the
4 virtual live Q&A sessions
AUD $
2,397
Retail price per ticket: 2,500
Retail price per ticket:
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Immediate access to the course preparation materials and manuals
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Access to the SPA learning platform for 180 days
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Lifetime access to the private Facebook Support Group
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4 Q&A sessions with teachers
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Exam prep training
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3 exam attempts
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BONUSES
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Smart Plus Academy Formula booklet and Passivhaus Execution Guide
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Optimised Homework and Exercises to deepen understanding
-
Quizzes to check personal progress
Gold
- Virtual Live -
Premium support course
with the highest teacher engagement
AUD $
2,697
Retail price per ticket: 3,000
Retail price per ticket:
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Immediate access to the course preparation materials and manuals
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Access to the SPA learning platform for 180 days
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Lifetime access to the private Facebook Support Group
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4 Q&A sessions with teachers
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Full course and exercises virtually live with teacher
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Exam prep training
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3 exam attempts
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Money-back Guarantee
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BONUSES
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Smart Plus Academy Formula booklet and Passivhaus Execution Guide
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Optimised Homework and Exercises to deepen understanding
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Quizzes to check personal progress
GET 1 TICKET NOW
ENROLMENT is now open!
8x Live Sessions: (3 hrs each)
Date:
14.08.2023 – 07.09.2023
(every Mon and Thu)
Time:
Sydney [AU]: 13:00 – 16:00
Perth [AU]: 11:00 – 14:00
Wellington [NZ]: 15:00 – 18:00
London/Dublin [UK/IRE]: 04:00 – 07:00
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Price in your currency:
$2,697.00 AUD
Next EXAM Dates
Next EXAM DatesExam option IThu, 14.09.2023 | Sydney [AU]: 18:00 – 22:00 Perth [AU]: 16:00 – 20:00 Wellington [NZ]: 20:00 – 24:00 London/Dublin [UK/IRE]: 09:00 – 13:00 |
Exam option IIThu, 21.09.2023 | 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 |
Passivhaus Trades Course
WITHOUT the exam
ONLY $997.00 AUD
Do you need the certification or do you just need the knowledge?
We now offer the Passivhaus Couse without the exam preparation and exam.
Ideal for homeowners that want to get involved in their home project and to understand the professionals.
We recommend the Passivhaus Designer Course only to people that want to know how the Passivhaus economics work and to see how the PHPP Software is used.
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