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Tools

Passive House design tools

Category	Tools	Description	Languages
Design tools	PHPP	The PHPP is an easy-to-use planning tool for energy efficiency, for the use of architects and planning experts. The reliability of the calculation results and ease of use of this planning tool has already been experienced by several thousand users. For more information, click here.	EN, DE
	designPH	designPH 2 is a plugin for the popular 3D design software SketchUp which gives quick results using automatic analysis. For more information, click here.	EN, DE
	bim2PH	bim2PH is the new BIM Tool developed by the Passive House Institute, which allows efficiency data entry in 3D BIM software and transfers information for the energy balance calculation and efficiency design into the Passive House Planning Package (PHPP).	EN, DE
	districtPH	districtPH is used to create energy balances for neighborhoods, from smaller groups of buildings up to whole districts.	EN

Additional tools

Category	Tools	Description	Languages
Climate	Climate data tool	With this tool you can retrieve climatic data in the PHPP data format for any location in the world except Antarctica. This data has not been verified and cannot be used for certification purposes.	EN, DE
Climate	Climate data tool for the southern hemisphere	The PHPP can also be used for locations in the Southern Hemisphere, but a specific approach described in the PHPP manual must be adopted for this purpose.The tool can be used for PHPP up to version 9.	EN
Thermal envelope	Temperature reduction factors for unheated or partially heated extensions	Calculation tool for temperature reduction factors to temperature zone “X” in the PHPP “Areas” worksheet.	EN, DE
Thermal bridges	Calculation of heat losses of drain pipes	This tool enables a more accurate calculation of heat losses from internal drain pipes for wastewater and stormwater.	EN, DE
Thermal bridges	Thermal bridge tool	The tool is performance-oriented, focuses on highly energy-efficient details and building, much more flexible than a thermal bridge catalogue, and much faster than a thermal bridge software.	EN
Windows	Window tool	The Window tool provides an overview regarding life-cycle costs, hygiene, and comfort for comparison of different windows.	EN
Windows	Hygiene tool	Hygiene tool provides a quick and easy prediction of the expected hygral quality based on the relative humidity and the suitability of a component with regard to its temperature factor for the simulated situation, even without a deep knowledge of physical processes.	EN
Ventilation	Commissioning tool	The Commissioning tool serves planners and ventilation system installers in how to communicate the correct operational data and how to adequately adjust a ventilation system.	Currently being revised.
	Ventilation tool	The tool offers collected information regarding controlled ventilation for customers such as building or flat owners.	EN
	PHLuft	The PHLuft software consists of the three parts: Heat output, Ground heat exchanger, Heat exchanger. The software is intended to aid designers of Passive House ventilation systems.	DE
	Pressure Loss Calculation Tool	Calculation of pressure losses in ventilation ducts (circular and rectangular).	DE
	PHErde	The tool is intended to serve Passive House designers as an aid for the design and calculation of brine-to-earth heat exchangers.	DE
Cooling	Cooling Systems tool	Different cooling configurations can quickly be entered and compared, so that an informed choice of the appropriate system combination is possible.	EN
Heat pump	Heat pump tool	Derive COP and EER values to the values needed for PHPP for air-to-air heat pumps.	Currently being revised.
Heat pump	Tools and calculation relating to sound protection	This tool is intended as aid for approximate calculation and dimensioning of sound protection measures by the designer.	DE
Electricity	Lift energy demand tool	This tool helps to assess the energy demand of lifts using the Excel®-Tool of the Passive House Institute. The assessment follows the calculations presented in VDI 4707 2009-3.	EN, DE
Monitoring	Data processing tool	This tool aids in the preparation of measurement data for use in the energy balancing with PHPP	EN, DE
	Construction site photos list	This tool is an aid for the construction site photos collection for the Passive House final Certification.	EN, DE
	Construction site photos list - detailed	The detailed list, which can be connected with the PHPP and give you more precise information about the pictures which need to be taken on the building site.	EN
	Scaled pointer	The Passive House Institute has designed a scaled pointer for use during building site visits - as a scale and reference within building site photos.	EN, DE

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