Multifamily Passive House Design
2026-07-15 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Part 7 of 9
Passive House delivers healthy, quiet, and comfortable homes in durable buildings. Passive House also provides a baseline on which teams can craft resilient buildings capable of sheltering residents from the violent storms and extreme heat waves to come. In this course, we’ll cover a range of issues that go into planning, designing, and constructing affordable Passive House multifamily buildings. It’s a comprehensive overview, diving into key details, and demystifying the strategies for success.
Agenda:

Introduction and safety message

Multifamily milestones
Critical early design considerations
Ventilation and ventilation systems
Cooling, shading, comfort, and optimization
Enclosure assemblies
Heat pumps and space conditioning strategies
Domestic hot water
Certification process
Q&A

The objective of this course is that at the conclusion, participants will be able to:

Outline common pitfalls in designing Passive House multifamily buildings
Describe critical pathways, processes, and milestones in Passive House multifamily optimization
Recall critical, multifamily components and systems and the sequence of consideration and integration
Summarize how well established strategies are evolving and being successfully scaled

Passive House Enclosures
2026-07-22 09:00 - 11:30
Part 8 of 9
This course dives deep into the focus of building enclosure design and construction looking at a range of enclosure construction types, and climates. The course will look at topics of designing, detailing, sequencing, building, inspection, reporting, and testing of critical Passive House components and enclosure systems: insulation, thermal bridge free connections, airtightness, windows and more.
Agenda:

Introduction and safety message
Context of Passive House
The work of enclosures
Efficient design and high quality
Details
Execution

The objective of this course is that at the conclusion, participants will be able to:

Describe Passive House goals and methodology as they translate to enclosure assemblies
Outline typical Passive House assembly buildups and connection details
Describe Passive House window installation details and testing to hit Passive House goals
Outline quality assurance and quality control measures used to verify enclosure performance and reach certification

Passive House Mechanical Systems
2026-07-29 09:00 - 11:30
Part 9 of 9
This course dives deep into the focus of building mechanical systems with a particular focus on ventilation and hot water systems. Learn about the design and construction of a range of system types. The course will examine ventilation, heating, cooling, and hot water topics of performance specifications, coordination, sequencing, inspection, testing, and reporting.
Agenda:

Introduction and safety message
Context of Passive House and mechanical systems
Systems strategy
Ventilation
Heating and cooling
Domestic hot water (DHW)
Other systems and solar
Case studies

The objective of this course is that at the conclusion, participants will be able to:

Describe Passive House goals and methodology as they translate to mechanical systems
Outline typical Passive House heating, cooling, ventilation and hot water systems, focusing on the pros and cons of choices
Describe Passive House ventilation and hot water installation considerations, and the process to hit Passive House goals
Outline quality assurance and quality control measures used to verify mechanical systems’ performance and reach certification
