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Funding Support for Students
This course is designed to prepare students for the Passive House Institute Certified European PassivHaus Designer’s (CEPH) exam. It is appropriate for construction industry professionals and contractors. Skills Focus funding available towards course fees for eligible employers to up skill staff or for self employed students. Please ask for further details.
Department for Economy Flexible Skills funding is available to cover the course fee £1,000 for eligible students. Contact Linda to confirm your eligibility linda.clarke@swc.ac.uk
Using our Passive House building, Air Tightness, MVHR units and accredited materials, students will gain practical experience in the Passive House discipline. This will be coupled with knowledge of Accredited Materials, Products, SketchUP and *PassivHaus Planning Package software. *each student must have access to the PHPP software before enrolling for the Designer exam.
A degree in a construction related discipline. Mature candidates will be assessed on an individual basis.
This course culminates in a 3 hour PHI externally set exam, which leads to Certified Designer/Consultant.
The Chartered Professional can become a PH Designer, those with industry experience can achieve PH Consultant.
The course is delivered by qualified Passive House Designers and Trainers who have a range of construction industry experience. We have a wide range of facilities such as demonstration models of airtightness and MVHR units to demonstrate the practical aspects of the course and accredited materials and products for familiarization. We have licensed PHPP software and the SketchUp Designer plugin from the Passive House Institute for use during the course in the PHPP unit.
P4043DP10C
Session Code
1 Year(s)
Duration
Higher Education
Mode of Study
30
Hours per Week
2
Number of Weeks
Interview Required
22/23
Academic Year
20/03/2023
Start Date
Monday|Tuesday|Wednesday|Thursday|Friday|Saturday
Day/s
Linda.Clarke@swc.ac.uk
Coordinator(s)
Total Annual Fee £0.00
Total Concessionary Fee N/A
Fees Payable Each Year
**Am I eligible for concessionary fees?
P4043DP10D
05/06/2023
Monday|Tuesday|Wednesday|Thursday|Friday
Total Annual Fee £260.00
P4043DP10A
23/24
18/09/2023
09:00-17:00
Time
Total Annual Fee N/A
P4043DP10B
04/12/2023
04/03/2024
17/06/2024
Total Annual Fee £1,000.00
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