Feasibility 101: DesignPH to PHPP Course

Passive House is rapidly gaining momentum in Australia and APHA aims to make Passive House the benchmark for comfort in all our buildings.

Course Overview

  • Learning Outcomes:

    • Attendees will learn how to translate sketch design into a functioning PHPP model

    • Assess feasibility swiftly with PHPP modeling

    • An understanding of DesignPH

    • An understanding of the structure of PHPP

    • An understanding of the key worksheets that enable project viability to be understood at an early stage.

These APA Courses are designed to specifically focus on helping professionals, trades and individuals understand more about Passive House.

We are excited to be delivering our Feasibility 101: DesignPH to PHPP Course.

Curriculum

Participant benefits

  • Focuses on taking a sketch design for a single house, using SketchUp & DesignPH to create geometry for import into the Passive House Planning Package (PHPP)

  • Data will be manipulated within PHPP to assess initial project feasibility.

Dates, Pricing and Registration

Who should attend?

Facilitated by Andy Marlow (APHA, Envirotecture, Passivhaus Design & Construct) this popular workshop is aimed at those relatively new to passivahus professionals, especially architects and building designers.

Equivalent to a one day training course, this course is delivered online over a two week period, on Monday & Wednesday, from 4:30pm - 6:30pm

  • Course One: June 6, 8, 13, 15

  • Course Two: September 11, 13, 18, 20

  • Member: $400

  • Non-Member: $500

Hear from past participants

  • "Really fantastic as a refresher following the designer course - was easy to understand - would definitely attend something similar at an intermediate level - and recommend this to anyone interested both prior and post the designer course."

    - Alice Cutcliffe
    Architect

  • "All of the information, insights gained from personal experience, and how to avoid 'rabbit holes' will be very helpful"

    - Mia Edwards
    Architect

  • "The workshop was perfect for our particular needs at this point in time on our PH journey. This absolutely met our expectations in terms of learning DesignPH and exporting to PHPP. "

    - Talina Edwards
    Architect

  • Andy Marlow is an architect, urban designer and Director of Envirotecture, Passivhaus Design & Construct and the Australian Passivhaus Association. He is also a Certified Passivhaus designer who believes that good design should be accessible to and benefit everyone, not just those who commission it.

    Envirotecture recently completed Sydney’s first certified Passivhaus with two more to be completed last year. Andy is currently the architect and Passivhaus Designer of multiple projects across New South Wales.

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