Happy New Year!   2012 promises to be a breakthrough year for Passive House in Canada, with projects planned or underway in all parts of the country, and a growing realization that Passive House is achievable and highly affordable today.

You can register now for upcoming courses in Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto, Halifax and Victoria. We’ll keep you posted about other locations as they are decided.

Starting in Fall 2012 we’re expanding our training program to include specialized courses in Thermal Bridge analysis and advanced PHPP.

We’ll also offer you the fastest route to qualification as a Certified Passive House Designer by offering the international Passive House exam three times in 2012, as well as publishing a handbook of preparation questions (available from April). For those who want more exposure to the material before sitting the exam we’ll be scheduling 1-day exam preparation courses.  

CanPHI is starting a regular newsletter which will bring you updates on new courses, new alliances, Passive House projects and significant events. You can sign up by sending an email to info@passivehouse.ca

Check out our Services page for a listing of training courses offered during Winter/Spring 2012.

For the first time our training course is now available as an evening/weekend class:

Vancouver January 31 - March 20, 2012
Format: 8 Tuesday evenings 6:30-9:30pm, 2 Saturdays Feb 11/ March 10, 9am-5pm.  This 36-hour course course gives participants the opportunity to get trained in Passive House design outside business hours. You gain the knowledge and tools you need to design and build compliant Passive Houses in Canada.

This course can be taken alone or as part of the UBC Award of Achievement in Sustainability Management.

This course is approved for 36 Core Learning Units with AIBC. To register, go to the UBC Continuing Studies website and select Passive House Design and Construction.