Criteria for Passive House Component certification

Component Certification

 

Flyer component certification

( pdf 822 KB)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transparent building envelope

Flyer window certification
( pdf 907 KB)

Transparent components
( pdf 352 KB)

 

 

 

 

Windows in a step-by-step retrofit ( pdf 2,52 MB)

  • Window frames
  • Frames for fixed glazing
  • Sliding doors
  • Entry doors
  • Curtain wall systems
  • Sloped curtain wall systems
  • Roof windows
  • Skylights
  • Glazing
     

 

Spacer

( pdf 322 KB)

  • Spacer

Attic staircase

( pdf 925 KB)
 

  • Attic staircase

Opaque building envelope

Construction systems
( pdf 228 KB)

 

Flue systems
( pdf 144 KB)

  • Wall and construction systems
  • Floor slab insulation systems
  • ICF for roof parapets
  • Balcony connections
  • Façade anchors
  • Window connections
  • Flue systems
     

EnerPHit insulation systems (for retrofits)

( pdf 276 KB)

 

Requirements for airtightness systems

( pdf 345 KB)

  • EnerPHit insulation systems (for retrofits)

 

 

 

  • Airtightness systems

Building Services

Flyer certification building service compoents

( pdf 177 KB)

Requirments and testing protocol
( pdf 299 KB)

Supplementary Sheet Moisture Recovery
( pdf 102 KB)

Supplementary Sheet Frost Protection
( pdf 101 KB)

Supplementary sheet efficiency ratio

( pdf 70 KB)

  • Small ventilation systems
    (Capacity ≤ 600m³/h)

Detailed testing protocols available to manufacturers on request mail[at]passiv.de
 

  • Large ventilation systems
    (Capacity > 600m³/h)

Requirements and testing procedures for single-room ventilation 

( pdf 207 KB)

 

Compact units
( pdf 86 KB)

Air to air heat pumps
( pdf 134 KB)

 

Drain water heat recovery

( pdf 189 KB)

  • Single-room ventilation

 

 

 

  • Compact heat pump units

 

  • Air to air heat pumps

 

 

  • Warm water heat recovery