The Passive House Canada, Passive House California, New York Passive House and the Passive House Institute contracted Remi Charron Consulting Services, to test PHPP Version 9.6 using ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 140 in order to give more building officials the authority to accept PHPP as an energy model for building code energy performance compliance. The project objectives were to: Evaluate PHPP using the ASHRAE Standard 140-2017 test cases and to record the…
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Passive House California , February 24, 2021 -
In view of the higher energy efficiency requirements and comfort requirements of Passive House buildings it has become increasingly important to consider the correct planning aspects of kitchen extractor hoods in the energy balance of the building. This guide serves as a planning aid for integration of kitchen exhaust systems for energy efficient buildings. In addition, it provides an approach for considering kitchen exhaust systems in the energy balance calculation of…
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Passive House California , January 15, 2021 -
The Passive House Institute is the developer and exclusive copyright holder of the Passive House Planning Package (PHPP). As the official Passive House energy balance and planning tool for efficient new builds and retrofits, the Passive House Planning Package e is the result of more than 20 years of research and is proven to be very accurate. PHPP is an easy to use, excel-based tool for the use of architects…
