Passive House Professionals

Are you looking for someone to work on your Passive House project?

1. PHINZ members

All our members are listed in the membership directory. Being a member of PHINZ does not convey any professional status or imply any particular professional competency – anyone can join to support our charitable objectives provided they adhere to the member’s code of conduct. In the membership directory, listings have icons indicating if the organisation has qualified Passive House professionals in their team though.

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2. Certified Passive House Designers and Consultants

People can become certified Passive House Designers or Consultants by either:

1. Completing the required training and passing a written exam issued by the Passive House Institute (Germany) and offered in Aotearoa NZ by Passive House Academy NZ, a PHINZ project, or
2. By submitting a project case study fully documenting the construction of a Certified Passive House Building they have done the Passive House design for. The case study gets submitted to an accredited Passive House certifiers and validated by the PHI. Example case studies are freely available online here.

The difference between a certified Passive House Designer and a Passive House Consultant is simply a reflection of their professional background, the Passive House qualification is essentially the same. People with a prior architecture or building design qualification become Certified Passive House Designers, people with other backgrounds become Certified Passive House Consultants.

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3. Certified Passive House Tradespersons

There is only one option for people to become a certified Passive House Tradesperson and that is by completing the required training and passing a written exam issued by the Passive House Institute (Germany) and offered in Aotearoa NZ by Passive House Academy NZ, a PHINZ project.

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4. Accredited Passive House Certifier for Buildings

To gain accreditation as a Passive House Certifier for buildings, the following requirements need to be met:

• Certified Pass­ive House De­sign­er or Con­sult­ant
• In-depth Pass­ive House ex­per­i­en­ce (completed sev­er­al cer­ti­fied Pass­ive House / En­erPHit pro­jects)
• Ex­pert­ise in the PHPP software, as this is used to ev­al­u­ate a build­ing’s en­ergy per­form­ance. The PHPP Ex­pert seal, another qualification offered by the Pass­ive House In­sti­tu­te (Germany) is the pre­ferred way to demonstrate this.
• Sucessfully complete a Pass­ive House Cer­ti­fi­er’s Course offered by the Pass­ive House In­sti­tu­te (Germany) and pass the exam.
• Con­tract with Pass­ive House In­sti­tu­te (Germany) as an ac­cred­ited Pass­ive House Cer­ti­fi­er for Build­ings.

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Other Passive House training and courses are available in Aotearoa NZ through Passive House Academy NZ, a PHINZ project, and internationally through Pass­ive House In­sti­tu­te (Germany) and various other organisations.

Note: all Passive House professional qualifications apply to an individual, not a company or orgnisation.