Welcome to MosArt
The leading trainer of certified passive house designers worldwide. Our course provides students with the latest principles of energy-efficient design, teaching them how to create comfortable, sustainable, and high-performance buildings. With over 2500 trained students and involvement in 3 million square feet of high-performance building projects, we offer a unique perspective on sustainable design. Our expertise and experience make us the leading trainer of certified passive house designers globally, ensuring our students are best positioned for a successful career in sustainable architecture and design. Join us today and take the first step towards a successful career in sustainable design.
Who is the Certified Passive House Designer Course for?
This course is aimed at ALL building design and consulting professionals, including Architects and Engineers, Contractors and Builders.
Duration & Cost:
9 half-day ‘live’ webinar modules led by Tomás O’Leary, from 9am (sharp) to 2pm, followed by 3 days-equivalent self guided e-learning.
- Fee: €2780 (VAT exempt)
- Accreditations: Certified Passive House Designer/Consultant – PHI & RIAI
- CPD Points: 45
How It Works
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9 x Live Webinar Sessions
Attend a series of nine ‘live’ (not pre-recorded) webinar modules led by MosArt Director Tomás O’Leary. Each module deals with a central theme of high performance buildings and consists of a five hour session from 9am to 2pm with two 15 minute coffee breaks part-way.
Self Guided eLearning
These eLearning hours can be done at your own pace. You’ll need to invest the equivalent of about three days on the on-line exam preparation course, so about a half-day per week over the course of 4 weeks should do it.
Exam
The programme culminates with the Certified Passive House Designer exam, a 3-hour ‘open-book’ (bring all your notes!) exam.
Certification!
On passing the exam, you’ll (a) receive a formal certificate from the German Passive House Institute and (b) find yourself listed on the global map and database of Certified Passive House Designers
15 years of industry know-how at your fingertips – join us now!
Course Dates
- Tuesday, 21th March 2023 – Module 1: Principles and Performance Standards
- Wednesday, 22nd March 2023 – Module 2: Highly Insulated & Thermal-Bridge-Free Envelopes
- Thursday, 23rd March 2023 – Module 3: Superior Airtightness & Vapour Control
- Tuesday, 28th March 2023 – Module 4: Windows for Energy Balancing & Comfort
- Wednesday, 29th March 2023 – Module 5: Delivering Indoor Air Quality through Active Ventilation
- Thursday, 30th March 2023 – Module 6: Next-generation Heating & Hot Water Systems
- Tuesday, 4th April 2023 – Module 7: Economics, Quality Assurance & Certification
- Wednesday, 5th April 2023 – Module 8: 3D Passive House Design Tool ‘designPH’
- Thursday, 6th April 2023 – Module 9: Passive House Planning Package
CPHD Online Exam – 25th April 2023
- Tuesday,9th May 2023 – Module 1: Principles and Performance Standards
- Wednesday, 10th May 2023 – Module 2: Highly Insulated & Thermal-Bridge-Free Envelopes
- Thursday, 11th May 2023 – Module 3: Superior Airtightness & Vapour Control
- Tuesday, 16th May 2023 – Module 4: Windows for Energy Balancing & Comfort
- Wednesday, 17th May 2023 – Module 5: Delivering Indoor Air Quality through Active Ventilation
- Thursday, 18th May 2023 – Module 6: Next-generation Heating & Hot Water Systems
- Tuesday, 23rd May 2023 – Module 7: Economics, Quality Assurance & Certification
- Wednesday, 24th May 2023 – Module 8: 3D Passive House Design Tool ‘designPH’
- Thursday, 25th May 2023 – Module 9: Passive House Planning Package
CPHD Online Exam – 13th June 2023
- Tuesday,13th June 2023 – Module 1: Principles and Performance Standards
- Wednesday, 14th June 2023 – Module 2: Highly Insulated & Thermal-Bridge-Free Envelopes
- Thursday, 15th June 2023 – Module 3: Superior Airtightness & Vapour Control
- Tuesday, 20th June 2023 – Module 4: Windows for Energy Balancing & Comfort
- Wednesday, 21st June 2023 – Module 5: Delivering Indoor Air Quality through Active Ventilation
- Thursday, 22nd June 2023 – Module 6: Next-generation Heating & Hot Water Systems
- Tuesday, 4th July 2023 – Module 7: Economics, Quality Assurance & Certification
- Wednesday, 5th July 2023 – Module 8: 3D Passive House Design Tool ‘designPH’
- Thursday, 6th July 2023 – Module 9: Passive House Planning Package
CPHD Online Exam – 20th July 2023
- Tuesday,11th July 2023 – Module 1: Principles and Performance Standards
- Wednesday, 12th July 2023 – Module 2: Highly Insulated & Thermal-Bridge-Free Envelopes
- Thursday, 13th July – Module 3: Superior Airtightness & Vapour Control
- Tuesday, 18th July – Module 4: Windows for Energy Balancing & Comfort
- Wednesday, 19th July 2023 – Module 5: Delivering Indoor Air Quality through Active Ventilation
- Thursday, 20th July 2023 – Module 6: Next-generation Heating & Hot Water Systems
- Tuesday, 25th July 2023 – Module 7: Economics, Quality Assurance & Certification
- Wednesday, 26th July 2023 – Module 8: 3D Passive House Design Tool ‘designPH’
- Thursday, 27th July 2023 – Module 9: Passive House Planning Package
CPHD Online Exam – September 2023
- Tuesday,8th August 2023 – Module 1: Principles and Performance Standards
- Wednesday, 9th August 2023 – Module 2: Highly Insulated & Thermal-Bridge-Free Envelopes
- Thursday, 10th August – Module 3: Superior Airtightness & Vapour Control
- Tuesday, 15th August – Module 4: Windows for Energy Balancing & Comfort
- Wednesday, 16th August 2023 – Module 5: Delivering Indoor Air Quality through Active Ventilation
- Thursday, 17th August 2023 – Module 6: Next-generation Heating & Hot Water Systems
- Tuesday, 22nd August 2023 – Module 7: Economics, Quality Assurance & Certification
- Wednesday, 23rd August 2023 – Module 8: 3D Passive House Design Tool ‘designPH’
- Thursday, 24th August 2023 – Module 9: Passive House Planning Package
CPHD Online Exam – September 2023
- Tuesday,12th September 2023 – Module 1: Principles and Performance Standards
- Wednesday, 13th September 2023 – Module 2: Highly Insulated & Thermal-Bridge-Free Envelopes
- Thursday, 14th September – Module 3: Superior Airtightness & Vapour Control
- Monday, 18th September – Module 4: Windows for Energy Balancing & Comfort
- Wednesday, 20th September 2023 – Module 5: Delivering Indoor Air Quality through Active Ventilation
- Thursday, 21th September 2023 – Module 6: Next-generation Heating & Hot Water Systems
- Tuesday, 26th September 2023 – Module 7: Economics, Quality Assurance & Certification
- Wednesday, 27th September 2023 – Module 8: 3D Passive House Design Tool ‘designPH’
- Thursday, 28th September 2023 – Module 9: Passive House Planning Package
CPHD Online Exam – October 2023
- Tuesday,10th October 2023 – Module 1: Principles and Performance Standards
- Wednesday, 11th October 2023 – Module 2: Highly Insulated & Thermal-Bridge-Free Envelopes
- Thursday, 12th October – Module 3: Superior Airtightness & Vapour Control
- Tuesday, 17th October – Module 4: Windows for Energy Balancing & Comfort
- Wednesday, 18th October 2023 – Module 5: Delivering Indoor Air Quality through Active Ventilation
- Thursday, 19th October 2023 – Module 6: Next-generation Heating & Hot Water Systems
- Tuesday, 24th October 2023 – Module 7: Economics, Quality Assurance & Certification
- Wednesday, 25th October 2023 – Module 8: 3D Passive House Design Tool ‘designPH’
- Thursday, 26th October 2023 – Module 9: Passive House Planning Package
CPHD Online Exam – November 2023
- Tuesday,7th November 2023 – Module 1: Principles and Performance Standards
- Wednesday, 8th November 2023 – Module 2: Highly Insulated & Thermal-Bridge-Free Envelopes
- Thursday, 9th November – Module 3: Superior Airtightness & Vapour Control
- Tuesday, 14th November – Module 4: Windows for Energy Balancing & Comfort
- Wednesday, 15th November 2023 – Module 5: Delivering Indoor Air Quality through Active Ventilation
- Thursday, 16th November 2023 – Module 6: Next-generation Heating & Hot Water Systems
- Tuesday, 21st November 2023 – Module 7: Economics, Quality Assurance & Certification
- Wednesday, 22nd November 2023 – Module 8: 3D Passive House Design Tool ‘designPH’
- Thursday, 23rd November 2023 – Module 9: Passive House Planning Package
CPHD Online Exam – December 2023
Format:
The following format is used for this on-line course:
- Series of nine ‘live’ (not pre-recorded) webinar modules led by MosArt Director Tomás O’Leary.
- Each module deals with a central theme of high performance buildings and consists of a five hour session from 9am to 2pm with two 15 minute coffee breaks part-way.
- We’re using what we feel is the best webinar tool available for professional and reliable online education in this field, namely Zoom. It allows us to issue quizzes and polls along the way to check your progress and also to issue additional materials throughout the course.
- At the end of each module, you’ll receive a link to watch a full video recording of that session. So, fear not if you have to put the cat out or if there’s yet another baking-emergency in the kitchen.
- The last two modules of the course deal with the cool Sketchup plug-in software ‘designPH’ used to design Passive House projects in 3-D as well as the latest version of the Passive House Planning Package energy modelling tool used to fine-tune your project.
- Once the nine webinar modules have been completed, you will then complete our online self-guided exam preparation modules over a four week period leading up to the CPHD Online Exam
- You’ll need to invest the equivalent of about three days on the on-line exam preparation course, so about a half-day per week should do it.
- The exam preparation course includes presentation videos, calculation exercises, true-false questions and a Passive House design assignment which you’ll scan/photograph and send to us for personalised review. We’ll be with you every step of the way.
- The programme culminates with the Certified Passive House Designer exam, a 3-hour ‘open-book’ (bring all your notes!) exam.
- On passing the exam, you’ll (a) receive a formal certificate from the German Passive House Institute and (b) find yourself listed on the global map and database of Certified Passive House Designers (see map of designers here)
15 years of industry know-how at your fingertips – join us now!
What Our Past Pupils Say:
Training, Software and Exam Fees:
The overall course fee is €2780 (VAT exempt) and includes the following:
- All of the above-listed live webinar modules by Tomás O’Leary.
- Digital copy of both the training manual and the PHPP Version 10 (software) manual.
- Full access to the on-line self-directed exam preparation course with learning support and personalised reviews from our dedicated expert educators.
- Your own fully-registered copy of the latest version of the Passive House energy modelling software (PHPP Version 10).
- A download link to a free demo-version with some limitations of the 3-d modelling tool ‘designPH’. If you really enjoy that tool, you can buy the full version directly from the Passive House Institute.
- Passive House exam fee (worth €350), including international accreditation and listing on passing the exam.
- Personalised RIAI (or other) CPD cert covering 45 hours formal education.