Further Educational Course for “Certified Passive House Designer”
Abstract
The project “CEPH - Certified European Passive House Designer” aims at spreading the knowledge for building high quality Passive Houses. In many Passive House projects it has been shown that energy efficiency can be successfully implemented even in economic terms. A growing number of environmentally aware cities and communities are now acting responsibly by taking advantages of opportunities to require the Passive House Standard for new buildings and the modernization with Passive House components for old buildings. But there is still a lack of trained architects and engineers for the planning and implementation of the Passive House Standard and a lack of trainers for offering this education. In order to provide highly skilled architects, engineers and trainers the European Commission launched the project Certified Passive House Designer "CEPH" in September 2008. The main objectives of the project are the development of teaching material and the implementation in a 10 days course for Passive House Designers as preparation for the exam given by the Passive House Institute Darmstadt (PHI) and the two-day course for the new trainers.