Passive House Centre

We incorporate both natural and legal entities whose aim is to support and popularize the passive house standard and its quality in the Czech Republic. Our members are architects, construction firms, contruction material producers and all other specialists interested in the passive houses. Supporting members share the realization of the activities of our association, in particular using their specific skills and experience they actively cooperate with other members. Supporting member of the association can become anyone who shows practical experience in passive housing and is conform to membership conditions.

Our vision is that by 2018 every new house will be constructed according to the passive standard.

Our mission

• Saving of the environment, the climate, the nature
• Supportof the sustainable development in construction
• Improvement of the quality of living
• Support of passive standard constructions

Our objectives

• Propagation of the passive standard for new contructions and reconstructions
• Providing of qualified passive house constructions as well as high quality materials for passive house contructions
• Establishing of a system of certification for passive houses and corresponding products and services
• Mediation of results
• Influence on the legislative level

Support

We manage to accomplish our aims thanks to donations made by our members, both natural and legal entities united in the association Passive House Centre, public sources (public and EU budget) and our own activity, i.e. by organizing the lectures, seminars, exhibitions and consulting.

Acitivities

• Passive houses popularization
• Education - seminars and specialised courses
• Consultations (consulting office in Brno)
• Editing publications
• International conferences PASSIVE HOUSE
• Fairs PASSIVE HOUSE
• Expositions and public debates
• Excursions to passive houses in CZ and abroad
• Launching of a information portal PASSIVE HOUSES
• Management of the passive houses database and database of details
• Database of providers for passive houses
• Support of research and innovation in enterprises (passive house platform)
• Cooperation and participation in foreign projects

With our activity we help:

• General public
• Experts in construction
• Public administration
• Non governmental organizations
• Educational institutions (secondary schools, higher schools and life long education institutions)
• Guilds and chambers of commerce

Technological platform Platforma pasivních domů

On the basis of the technological platform we are devoted to the research and development in the following themes:

• Development of the education programmes related to the passive houses
• Progress regarding sustainable development
• Building elements and materials, unification and typified solutions

Offer of services

• Consulting for the general public and experts
• Hosting of the seminars the general and the expert public
• Education of the employees
• Organization of the trips to the passive houses
• Editing and selling of the publications
• Elaboration of the papers
• Distribution and support of the programme PHPP