Component Certification

Transparent building envelope

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

• Sun protection (roller shutter / external blinds), fall protection
  and window installation systems
  

• Spacer
  

Attic staircase
( pdf 925 KB)

• Attic staircase
  

Appendix

Position paper for the development of industrial doors
( pdf 258 KB)

• Position paper for the development of industrial doors

Transparent building envelope – criteria in Spanish

• Componentes transparentes y elementos
  practicables en la envolvente térmica – Información, criterios y fórmulas para
  Certificación de Componentes Passivhaus

Opaque building envelope

Construction systems
( pdf 228 KB)

• Wall and construction systems
• Floor slab insulation systems
• ICF for roof parapets
• Window connections
  

• Balcony connections
  
  
  

• Renovation systems
  
  
  

• Façade Anchor
  
  

• Column connection and wall junction
  
  
  

• Airtightness systems
  
  
  

• The Passive House Institute has written a guide on how to correctly calculate equivalent thermal conductivities, as an addition to the opaque building system criteria.
  

• Interior insulation systems (Criteria currently only available in German language. For other countries please contact components@passiv.de )
  
  

Opaque building envelope – criteria in Spanish

Sistemas constructivos opacos
( pdf 269 KB)

• Sistemas constructivos opacos – Criterios y algoritmos para componentes certificados Passivhaus
  

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)

Supplementary sheet hot and very hot climates
( pdf 109 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)

• Single-room ventilation

Statement to the transition of classification of air filters
( pdf 69 KB)

• Classification of filter efficiencies according to ISO 16890

• Compact heat pump units

• Air to air heat pumps

• Statement to the correct interpretation of the certificates for ventilation units issued by the Passive House Institute

• Warm water heat recovery