The Passive House standard offers a transformative approach to sustainable building design by optimizing a building’s design and components to improve energy efficiency and enhance occupant comfort.
This session will uncover the history, fundamental concepts, and essential principles of the Passive House standard and its certification criteria. You’ll discover the new absolute performance metrics embraced by Passive House and other climate change regulations, and you’ll identify how the Passive House framework aligns with provincial and national climate change policies and objectives.
The session will also reveal the benefits that Passive House buildings offer building occupants beyond energy efficiency, from improved indoor air quality to an enhanced acoustic environment.
What you’ll learn
- Explain the history, concept, and key principles of the Passive House standard.
- Describe the new absolute performance metrics used by Passive House and other climate change codes and regulations.
- Identify the role of the Passive House framework in meeting provincial and national climate change policies and objectives.
- Outline the benefits beyond reduced energy consumption that Passive House buildings offer for occupants.
