Resources

Certified Passive House Consultants

Find architects, engineers, builders, and other professionals throughout California and the world to help guide your next Passive House project.

• Our PHCA Professional & Corporate membership directory:
   www.passivehousecal.org/current-professional-members

• Internationally Certified Passive House Designers and Consultants:
   These individuals have passed the international exam issued by the Passive House Institute.
   --> Become a Certified Consultant

Free E-Books

• FROM SMALL TO EXTRA LARGE | Passive House Rising to New Heights

• PASSIVE HOUSE BUILDINGS: California's Energy Future

• PASSIVE HOUSE BUILDINGS: Climate-Conscious Building: Retrofit Revolution

• PASSIVE HOUSE BUILDINGS: New England Forges Ahead

• PASSIVE HOUSE BUILDINGS: From Coast to Coast, Fall 2018

• PASSIVE HOUSE BUILDINGS: Spring 2018

• PASSIVE HOUSE BUILDINGS: North America Highlights 2017

• ACTIVE FOR MORE COMFORT: Passive House

• A DEVELOPERS GUIDE TO CERTIFIED MULTIFAMILY PASSIVE HOUSE BUILDINGS

• PASSIVE HOUSE AWARD  | 2nd Passive House Architecture Award

• NEW YORK PASSIVE HOUSE 2015

• CEPHEUS Book: "The official concluding document of the CEPHEUS Austria 1998–2001 Project," which details nine Austrian Passive House buildings.
 

Resources

The North American Passive House Network (NAPHN): This organization is accredited by the Passivhaus Institut to provide official Passive House Certification services and rigorous Passive House Consultant training courses, as well as host exams.

The Passivhaus Institut (PHI): An independent research institution in Germany, founded in 1996 by Dr. Wolfgang Feist, that performs research and development on highly efficient energy use (click on “English” for a translated site)

Cost-Efficient Passive Houses in a Central European Climate: A short report by Dr Wolfgang Feist that explains the development of Passive House, presented at the 1998 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings at Asilomar, Pacific Grove, CA

Building Certification Leaflet (PHI)

Building Certification Guide (PHI) 

EnerPHit: Handbook for Step-by Step retrofits with Passive House Components (Europe)

Indoor Swimming Pools: The energy demand of indoor swimming pools can be reduced significantly by consistently applying the high energy efficiency approach of the Passive House concept. Guidelines

Cost Efficient Passive Houses as European Standards (CEPHEUS): A European Commission project to construct 250 housing units to Passive House standards in five European countries

Active for more comfort: The Passive House: International Passive House Association

Passive Houses in Mediterranean Climates: A report from the PHI on PH in southern Europe.

Comfort analysis of a passive house in different locations in Italy: A report from the PHI on PH in four Italian cities.

Passive houses in Sweden: Experiences from design and construction phase: Ulla Janson, Lund University

Homes for a Changing Climate - Passive Houses in the U.S.: Book authored by Katrin Klingenberg, Mike Kernagis, and Mary James that explains the Passive House approach and details nine pioneering U.S. projects from coast to coast

The Tahan Residence: A Berkeley Passive House retrofit in progress. First retrofit in the US and first attempted Passive House project in California.

The Waldsee BioHaus: A residential language school built to Passive House standard in Northern Minnesota and the first certified Passive House in the US.

Wikipedia entry on Passive Houses

Passive House History