Next Certified Passive House Designer Course: well worth doing

Calahonda52

https://mosart.ie/passive-house-nzeb-education/certified-passive-house-designer-course/

dates

• Tuesday,10th October 2023 – Module 1: Principles and Performance Standards
• Wednesday, 11th October 2023 – Module 2: Highly Insulated & Thermal-Bridge-Free Envelopes
• Thursday, 12th October – Module 3: Superior Airtightness & Vapour Control
• Tuesday, 17th October – Module 4: Windows for Energy Balancing & Comfort
• Wednesday, 18th October 2023 – Module 5: Delivering Indoor Air Quality through Active Ventilation
• Thursday, 19th October 2023 – Module 6: Next-generation Heating & Hot Water Systems
• Tuesday, 24th October 2023 – Module 7: Economics, Quality Assurance & Certification
• Wednesday, 25th October 2023 – Module 8: 3D Passive House Design Tool ‘designPH’
• Thursday, 26th October 2023 – Module 9: Passive House Planning Package

CPHD Online Exam – 16th November 2023

Mellor

What does the certification allow you to do, compared to somebody with the same knowledge that lacks certification

Biker1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121171309#Comment_121171309

Nothing is the answer to that. Certification would be a step towards becoming a Passive House Certifier. Done that course over 10 years ago but because of the lack of interest in Passive house building I have not had any opportunity to use it.

Calahonda52

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121171446#Comment_121171446

Perhaps but it is some indication that some training has been done as opposed to just being in the room on TikTok while the course was being delivered!

Mellor

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121172821#Comment_121172821

Wouldn’t it be the online exam that does that rather than the “certification”. An exam at the end of complex course should be a given. It separates pass from fails.

A course resulting in accreditation implies that the course is required to preform some aspect of the role. Maybe it’s simply a case of being a certified to advertise the course as training you’ve undertaken. But I was also just wondering if it was required to certify that a house was a passive house - or if performance was a sufficient metric.

Calahonda52

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121183703#Comment_121183703

Dont know "boss"😀

Any way not enough lemmings were available in October so it is not happening.

Are you still down under?, always enjoyed your contributions before the software déluge

Mellor

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121190156#Comment_121190156

Yeah still here. Long term now.

A bit rusty with the passive house stuff. Keeping the heat out is a bigger problem for me.