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The Top-Rated Training Platform for Certified Passivhaus Professionals.

PHI-accredited courses, expert resources, and a supportive community to help architects, builders, and trades confidently create healthier, energy-efficient buildings—saving energy, cutting carbon, and enhancing careers.

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PHI-ACCREDITED TRAINING

Passivhaus training

that fits your week

You've been meaning to do Passivhaus for years. The interest was never what was missing, the hours were. Every unit runs 20 minutes, so a lunch break or the drive to work is one more topic mastered.

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Why learn Passivhaus?

Make a difference
on every project

The buildings you help create shape lives for decades. Gain the Passivhaus knowledge to spot problems, explain better choices and get the details right, whether or not a project seeks certification.

Damp and mould are not normal

Too many homes still make the people inside them unwell. Learn how the decisions you make, on the page and on site, put wellbeing first.

Comfort should not depend on income

When a heatwave hits, comfort comes down to who can afford to run the air conditioning. A building that needs almost no energy protects everyone in it.

Better homes within real budgets

Lowering standards is not the answer to affordability. Better design and sharper detailing make the same budget go further, without giving up quality.

HOW WE TEACH

One building
A connected way to learn

Learning is easier when each new idea belongs to a project you recognise. That’s why you follow the same three-bedroom home from the first design decisions to the final details, with drawings, explanations and exercises that connect at every step.

FROM THE BUILDING TO THE DETAIL

Original course material

The course reference home, a two-storey house with a pitched roof and balcony — **Your reference building**The same three-bedroom home throughout

Timber frame · wall-to-roof junction

Airtightness Thermal Weathertightness Joints and connections

Watch and understand
Each recorded unit focuses on one idea in around 20 minutes, explained through clear drawings and a consistent visual language.
Practise and apply
Then you draw it and calculate it yourself. Homework is where the teaching turns into something you can do.
Revisit and connect
At the end, the retrofit module brings the principles together again, this time on an existing building with its own constraints and challenges.

Developed by Daniel Kress and refined through student feedback since 2018

Practical tools for real projects

The Passive House Formulary

Key principles, worked examples and useful calculations in one reference, with common mistakes highlighted and unit conversions close at hand.

Build-ups and details

Wall, roof and ground-floor build-ups, with junction details showing how construction methods and climate change the solution.

Retrofit Master Plan

A practical framework for choosing between targeted upgrades, a staged or complete retrofit, and rebuilding, with the risks and constraints that can change the decision.

For designers, architects, engineers and builders

Become a Certified Passivhaus Designer

We built our PHI-accredited course around one outcome: you leave able to detail a Passivhaus in any of the 8 most common construction methods, in any climate zone you build in. Start any day, work at your own pace, and sit the exam on a date that suits you.

The full PHI-accredited Designer course, in 20-minute units
Live Q&A sessions with the trainers, in any cohort across your 12 months of access
An introduction to DesignPH and PHPP, the software you will use on real projects
The Formulary, the build-ups library and the Retrofit Master Plan
PHI exam registration and exam preparation, in the Certification Package
On your desktop, tablet or phone, so the course fits around your work

The full Passivhaus Designer Certification Package

32 CPDs
46 Hours
90 Units
Level 3 · Professional

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For carpenters, installers and site supervisors

Become a Certified Passivhaus Tradesperson

We built our PHI-accredited course around one outcome: you leave able to build the details that decide whether a Passivhaus performs, and to spot what will not work before it is closed up. Start any day, work at your own pace, and sit the exam on a date that suits you.

The full PHI-accredited Tradesperson course, in 20-minute units
Live Q&A sessions with the trainers, in any cohort across your 12 months of access
Airtightness, insulation and thermal bridge free construction, shown the way it is built
Window and door installation, ventilation, and the build sequence each trade depends on
PHI exam registration and exam preparation, in the Certification Package
On your desktop, tablet or phone, so the course fits around your work

The full Passivhaus Tradesperson Certification Package

12 CPDs
30 Hours
50 Units
Level 3 · Professional

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Meet your teachers

People who care about
what you design and build

Daniel Kress

Founder & Head Trainer

Daniel brings carpentry, engineering and building physics into practical teaching, informed by his Passivhaus research focused on Perth. He helps you connect the calculations with what happens on site.

Julia Kiefer

Architect & Senior Trainer

Julia is an architect and Certified Passivhaus Designer with experience across Melbourne, Perth and Darwin. She helps you connect Passivhaus principles with the design challenges you face in practice.

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A shared ambition
for better buildings

You’re among people who want to make a difference through better buildings. Ask questions in live Q&A sessions, revisit recorded discussions and connect with fellow students.