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Calculations for passive house design

2024-02-19

A standard for the design of energy-efficient houses is the "Passivhaus" building concept that is maintained by a German institute.

Building Designers use the Passive House Planning Package(~230EUR) to calculate all kinds of factors that go into a house

It's quite pricy at around 230EUR. however Passive House Canada provides an older version of the House Planning Package with Canadian Climate information

Sheet from the PHPP package showing steps for electricity calculation

It's possible to find some Passivhaus Certification Design Guidance

Examples of filled-out versions of the documents are available in several places End-of-terrace Passive House, MartinResidence