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The AECB Embodied Carbon Calculator will be continually updated to allow for developments in PHPP, building regulations and other standards.  To allow us to keep your copy of the AECB CO₂ Calc updated we will charge an annual recurring subscription fee to fund these developments.  The subscription will enable you to automatically receive all upgrades and fixes as they are released. The Embodied Carbon Calculator is an original AECB software product and its ongoing development is funded solely by this annual subscription. Simply add this item to your basket and shortly after checkout you will receive a copy of your dated subscription via email. Products in the AECB shop are sold according to the terms and conditions listed here.

Cutting edge, advanced retrofit training. The AECB CarbonLite™ Retrofit Coordination course is developed to provide an in-depth knowledge of the PAS2035 process, providing graduates with an in-depth understanding of these requirements. Become proficient in retrofit coordination and risk management in order to facilitate the accredited Retrofit Coordinator (this course on it’s own does not provide the qualification required to become an accredited RC, however there would be the option to progress onto the full qualification after completing the course should you wish). Help effect deep and lasting change in the building design and construction industry, as we work together to achieve a zero carbon future.

This is a renewal for 1 years extended access to the AECB CarbonLite™ Retrofit Coordination training course. You must be an AECB member to access this training course and have previously paid for and started the course. Please note that there may be a delay of up to 48 hours between purchasing your renewal and regaining access to the course. You will receive an email notification to confirm when your access to the course has been renewed.

The Per Building approach can work for self-contained units contained within one continuous thermal envelope. Key characteristics of this approach are:

• reduced modelling (saved time)
• reduced evidence collation management (saved time)
• however, if a future home owner wanted an energy calculation for their specific dwelling, then that info cannot be obtained from the results, a completely separate model would be needed, with extra cost.

The house numbers for all the units in each building must be included in the project name which is included on the AECB certificate for that building.

Per Dwelling Type and Energy Sub-type may suit terraces or flats with the same orientation (rather than detached homes). At first glance all the dwellings of a particular type may look the same. But “energy sub-types” are often needed for slight variations in:

• energy, e.g. mid-terrace and end terrace units.
• exposure/sheltering
• orientation
• shading

This method is likely to be cheaper than Per Dwelling, but could still be fairly labour intensive for a diverse project where there are many dwelling types.

Easy to use software to help with PHPP calculations.  The UK version of PHribbon is developed exclusively for the AECB. AECB PHribbon makes using PHPP quicker, easier and it uses the existing information beyond just energy. It’s written by Tim Martel who has worked as a Certified Passivhaus Designer for 10 years, formerly a Chartered Architectural Technologist, a course tutor for the AECB CarbonLite™ Retrofit Foundation course, and AECB software R&D lead and developer. This is the Costings add-on to PHribbon.  You must own a copy of PHribbon before purchasing this product.

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Easy to use software to help with PHPP calculations.  The UK version of PHribbon is developed exclusively for the AECB. AECB PHribbon makes using PHPP quicker, easier and it uses the existing information beyond just energy. It’s written by Tim Martel who has worked as a Certified Passivhaus Designer for 10 years, formerly a Chartered Architectural Technologist, a course tutor for the AECB CarbonLite™ Retrofit Foundation course, and AECB software R&D lead and developer. This is the Daylight Factor add-on to PHribbon.  You must own a copy of PHribbon before purchasing this product. Click here to visit the PHribbon content page for a full description of the software. The technical specifications PHribbon uses Microsoft Excel as a base.  No special PHPP is needed. PHribbon is compatible with PHPP v10. Minimum Requirements :

• a Windows (PC) computer. If you have a Mac you will need to run a PC emulator (it works with Parallels, VMware fusion 11 with the PC version of Excel installed)
• Microsoft Office 2010 or later, the full installed version not the website version (an option in Office 365)
• Access to Dropbox for installation and also for updates. This can be from the Dropbox website, though installing the software (free) is quicker and easier
• A recent version of PHPP: 10, 9.6, 9.3, 9.1, 8.5 or in the US the imperial version 9.7IP. Using the latest version is recommended so that you have an accurate PHPP.

The add-on will be shared to you via Dropbox. Products in the AECB shop are sold according to the terms and conditions listed here.

The AECB PHribbon package will be continually updated to allow for developments in PHPP, building regulations and other standards.  To allow us to keep your copy of PHribbon updated we will charge an annual recurring subscription fee to fund these developments.  The subscription will enable you to automatically receive all upgrades and fixes as they are released. PHribbon is an original AECB software product and its ongoing development is funded solely by this annual subscription. Simply add this item to your basket and shortly after checkout you will receive a copy of your dated subscription via email.

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Easy to use software to help with PHPP calculations.  The UK version of PHribbon is developed exclusively for the AECB and works as a plug in to PHPP. AECB PHribbon makes using PHPP quicker, easier and it uses the existing information beyond just energy. It’s written by Tim Martel who has worked as a Certified Passivhaus Designer for 10 years, formerly a Chartered Architectural Technologist, a course tutor for the AECB CarbonLite™ Retrofit Foundation course, and AECB software R&D lead and developer. PHribbon enables you to build the PHPP faster and the CO₂ calculations benefit designers, consultants and clients by making it an easier, quicker process.  The latest version of PHribbon gives the carbon impact of materials before they are selected and the impact of substitution of materials can be quickly seen.  This AECB software contributes something that has not been done before. There are embodied carbon calculations and tools elsewhere in the market but PHribbon integrates these calculations into the PHPP software as you work.

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PLEASE NOTE

This is the upgrade to version 2.2 from version 2.1

To use designPH 2.2, a PHPP 9 or PHPP 10 licence which is not already assigned to a designPH 2.2 licence is required.  Please supply your existing CHAUK code at the checkout.  +=   designPH facilitates the preliminary designing and energetically optimized design in only 4 steps: 1.   put your project into the virtual space – create your SketchUp 3D model or use with minor adaptations an already existing   2.   put your project at the right place – you choose the location of your project directly in SketchUp and the relating climate out of a database in designPH   3.   put your project into the right light – consider and check your specifications and prepare it for your custumer 4.   check your project on PH suitability – with the 3-click export to PHPP         you get immediately reliable results … start now with the optimization process in designPH and refine the project directly in PHPP.  

Compatibility

designPH 2.2.24 is currently compatible with SketchUp 2017 – 2024.   Products in the AECB shop are sold according to the terms and conditions listed here.

On 24th May 2022 Dr Sarah Price and Tim Wilcockson of QODA consulting presented an AECB webinar on an overview of the Part L updates and a quick look at the Future homes standard in 2025. They looked at how these Building Regulation standards compare with the AECB Building Standard and explore whether there is still a place for the AECB Building Standard after the Part L update comes into force in June 2022 and in the future.  It proved to be one of our most popular webinars and the panellists have agreed to share the webinar slides to AECB members and non-members alike. Just add to your basket and checkout for free !  The slides will be available to download immediately after the free checkout process completes. A recording of this webinar is available on the AECB website for members only.

The AECB CarbonLite™ Retrofit Foundation training course is an online course, aimed principally at construction professionals and those whose role involves decision making around retrofit.

Why take this course?

This comprehensive course brings together a wealth of knowledge on low energy building retrofit and methodology.

• Many of our students have begun with our CLR Foundation course, as this provides a thorough grounding in sustainable building and retrofit standards, design, understanding of risks and considerations to inform better decisions, and more technical knowledge about designing and implementing deep low carbon retrofit measures.
• This course was cited by the UK Government as one of the routes for the buildings sector to upskill towards decarbonising buildings and heating, as part of efforts to meet net zero carbon targets, as part of their Heat and Buildings Strategy.
• Endoursed by the Passivhaus Intitute – Gain 35 PHI credit points towards renewal of Certified Passivhaus Designer/Consultant qualifications.
• Those who complete this course also demonstrate that they are in a good position to understand, work with and help deliver projects to meet our AECB CarbonLite Standards . This course is one of the requirements to become an AECB Approved Certifier for the AECB CarbonLite Retrofit Standards.

Course Approach

Students will have a serious interest in how to do advanced energy efficient retrofit and be wanting to deepen your understanding of building physics and the risks associated with measures, to enable you to make informed decisions.

• To get the most out of taking the full course you will already have good professional knowledge within the construction sector.
• Homeowners with a desire to drive their own retrofit projects will also find this course useful. While only the more technically minded will be interested in all the detail, there is much useful knowledge even for those who are less technical.
• This is a fully online, sletf-directed course – Read and follow modules at your leisure, to fit around work and other commitments.
• There is a multiple choice test at the end of most lessons to check your learning.
• To round off each of the core modules there will be a task that brings together the information learned throughout the module, using example projects.

Overview of Course Content

• The direct and indirect benefits of robust retrofit
• Climate zones, local micro-climates and impact of changing weather patterns
• Understanding existing building structures and materials
• Energy and buildings
• Moisture and buildings
• Building services, including ventilation and heat
• Financial appraisal – is retrofit a good investment?
• Case studies

  Take a look at the course prospectus for even more detail.  

      Some notes about the license purchase from the Passive House Institute :   PHPP is only provided as single-user license, including a detailed manual. With the license the PHPP user obtains a registration code which is used to register the PHPP license. Based on this registration, the user will receive updates of the calculation tool, or upgrade discounts for new versions of PHPP or designPH. PHPP and designPH are subject to copyright and a resellers’ agreement. If the software is being used by more than one person then additional copies should be purchased for each person using it. A reduced rate is available to existing purchasers of previous versions. If you wish to take advantage of this reduced price select the upgrade product from the shop.

Some notes about the license purchase from the Passive House Institute : PHPP is only provided as single-user license, including a detailed manual. With the license the PHPP user obtains a registration code which is used to register the PHPP license. Based on this registration, the user will receive updates of the calculation tool, or upgrade discounts for new versions of PHPP or designPH. PHPP and designPH are subject to copyright and a resellers’ agreement. If the software is being used by more than one person then additional copies should be purchased for each person using it. A reduced rate is available to existing purchasers of previous versions. If you wish to take advantage of this reduced price select the upgrade product from the shop.  

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THIS IS THE PRODUCT UPGRADE TO VERSION 10 of the Passive House Planning Package (PHPP) You can only purchase this product if you are currently using version 9. For a full description of PHPP V10 see the item listing in the AECB shop or for an in depth look at the new features please visit the PHPP page where you will also find an introductory video Don’t forget to provide your previous PHPP registration number in the “Order Notes” box at the checkout Quick summary The Passive House Planning Package (PHPP) version 10 English (2021) is a design tool produced by the Passivhaus Institut Germany for use by building architects and designers. It works on both Mac and PC. PHPP incorporates the energy specifications for quality-approved Passivhaus buildings from the Institut in an online flip book manual and application. PHPP contains a series of tools for:

• Calculating energy balances
• Designing comfortable ventilation
• Calculating the heat load
• Summer comfort calculations
• Other useful tools for reliable design of Passivhaus dwellings

  Training course and PHI credits PHPP is supported by a training course to help you get the most from this software. Earn 50 PHI credits with the CPD Cert. in Building Energy Modelling Using PHPP.  See Building Energy Modelling training page for more details.   Products in the AECB shop are sold according to the terms and conditions listed here.

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Extensive PHPP10 English Manual printed in A4 colour and wire bound. For use with Passive House Planning Package v10. Postage will be added at the checkout. Products in the AECB shop are sold according to the terms and conditions listed here.  

PLEASE NOTE Before you order DesignPH you must have a copy of PHPP.  If you do not already own a copy of PHPP you will need to purchase a copy with DesignPH

What makes designPH so unique ? designPH is a plugin for the popular 3D design software SketchUp. designPH is the new, interactive and graphically oriented input interface for PHPP. designPH has been developed by the  Passive House Institute to provide a 3D modelling interface that works together with PHPP (Passive House Planning Package). designPH gives quick results using automatic analysis… The plugin provides an automatic analysis algorithm which can infer element types and area groups. Surfaces are given a colour-code so that it is possible to visually verify in the 3D model that all the heat-loss surfaces have been correctly taken into account. designPH is a 3D interface for PHPP.  After importing a model to PHPP, the primary inputs on the Areas, Windows & Shading sheets will be mostly complete. This enables a result for specific space heat demand to be calculated quickly using default values, potentially saving significant time. designPH is an iterative design tool. designPH also provides a preliminary simplified energy balance when the analysis process runs. This allows you to refine the design before exporting, facilitating a more effective iterative design process, and rule out poorly performing design options early on.  +=   designPH facilitates the preliminary designing and energetically optimized design in only 4 steps: 1.   put your project into the virtual space – create your SketchUp 3D model or use with minor adaptations an already existing   2.   put your project at the right place – you choose the location of your project directly in SketchUp and the relating climate out of a database in designPH   3.   put your project into the right light – consider and check your specifications and prepare it for your custumer 4.   check your project on PH suitability – with the 3-click export to PHPP         you get immediately reliable results … start now with the optimization process in designPH and refine the project directly in PHPP.  

Compatibility

designPH 2.2.24 is currently compatible with SketchUp 2017 – 2024. A printable manual is available via a members link after purchase.   Products in the AECB shop are sold according to the terms and conditions listed here.         the designPH interface The primary designPH user interface is provided through a web dialog window which shows lists of the elements in the model, the properties that are assigned to them and libraries of properties such as assembly types, glazing types and frame types. The web dialog window is sub-divided into tabbed sheets with collapsible panels, allowing different information about the model to shown in the main view.  

designPH 2.2 – new features

• New shading analysis based on 3D ray-tracing and Perez radiation model. Complex shading scenes can be analysed accurately and both winter and summer shading factors can be exported to PHPP.
• New “Compare results” tab allows the key analysis results to be tracked and compared over time as the model evolves.
• Assignment of user-defined Thermal Bridge component entries.
• Additional ventilation inputs such as the ventilation strategy, MVHR unit selection, pressure test result and more.
• Improved automatic naming and ordering of windows and surfaces.
• Improved User Climate and Location Interface and export to PHPP10.

The main highlight of this version is the new shading analysis based on 3D ray-tracing and Perez radiation model. Currently, shading reduction factors in the PHPP are determined by entering the depth and offset of 3 discrete shading types; horizon, overhang and lateral reveal. The shading factors are then approximated by empirically derived algorithms, which have been calibrated against dynamic simulations using Dynbil. This method has been continuously improved for over 20 years and proven to be reliable. However, using these 6 dimensions to describe all shading situations can be time consuming and restrictive in more complex situations. A new method has been developed for designPH to calculate shading reduction factors by real-time geometric analysis of the model, based on detailed ray-trace detection of shading objects and a corresponding shading mask. This gives more easily and accurate shading factors for complex shading situations and greater sensitivity to certain types of shading objects. Throughout the development stages we have tested and compared the shading outputs from PHPP, designPH2 and dynamic simulation results (using Dynbil) and have found good consistency and justified differences. Both designPH 2.2.24 and PHPP are therefore reliable tools for calculating the shading reduction factors in Passive House buildings.

Some clients want each dwelling to be certified. This is the most labour intensive but there may be good reason why this is the clients’ preferred approach. Key characteristics of this approach:

• same methodology used for EPCs
• results in a certain amount of duplication
• can be the cheapest approach on small developments

The AECB Embodied Carbon Calculator calculates Whole Life Carbon, that is Embodied CO₂ from Cradle to Grave.  It’s written by Tim Martel who has worked as a Certified Passivhaus Designer for 10 years, formerly a Chartered Architectural Technologist, a course tutor for the AECB CarbonLite™ Retrofit Foundation course, and AECB software R&D lead and developer. This stand-alone calculator does not need PHPP to operate. The AECB CO₂ Calc covers the whole life stages A-C (and D where information is available). This therefore includes : Stage A, A1-A3 Manufacture including A4 Transport to site and A5 Construction Stage B, Use of the building including B4 Replacement Stage C, Demolition and Disposal of the building And quoted separately Stage D, Reuse, Recycling potential (outside the usual scope of the main calculation). It calculates the credit from reuse of an element, assembled part such as a frame, or something that is reused offsite. The Embodied Carbon Calculator is also suitable for initial estimates for the RIBA 2030 Challenge v2 and LETI (London Energy Transformation Initiative). Input Data

• built-in library of 291 entries from EPDs containing the Full Life info for stages A-D and a further 140 from ICE 2019 with manufacturing data (A1-A3)
• includes CO₂ stored in timber and timber based materials, also called sequestered CO₂. This is calculated where it has been omitted in the EPD.
• standard RICS methodology including 60 year Reference Study Period
• filters EPDs, choose whether you want to see products manufactured within your country, a region e.g. Europe, or all the EPDs
• density, this is given by the software, but you can change it where units are “kg” in the final output sheet, for example if you know the installed density of cellulose or blown mineral wool

  Outputs

• coloured results, the output table is coloured by value to make it easy to see where the CO₂ is coming from
• fully transparent calculation
• up to 4 options can be graphed/compared
• simpler format and option to simplify further so only the names of the materials and results are shown
• Scope Summary written below the calculation for you to keep a record of exactly what is included
• RIBA results gives RIBA 2030 Challenge results
• LETI results graphic and detailed tables, all laid out on printable pages

  Minimum System Requirements. You will need:

• a Windows (PC) computer. If you have a Mac you will need to run a PC emulator (it works with Parallels, VMware fusion 11 with the PC version of Excel installed)
• Microsoft Office 2019 or later

Upon purchase an e-mail which will be sent to you (within 2 working days) containing instructions on how to verify your sale, obtain a licence key for use and access the CO₂ Calc. Buying the package with an annual subscription fee The AECB Embodied Carbon Calculator will be continually updated to allow for developments in PHPP, building regulations and other standards.  To allow us to keep your copy of the AECB CO₂ Calc updated we will charge an annual recurring subscription to fund these developments.  The subscription will enable you to automatically receive all upgrades and fixes as they are released. The first year’s subscription fee is included in the purchase price. Upon the anniversary of your product purchase you will receive a request/invoice to pay the yearly subscription fee. The AECB members price is £25 per annum and non-members will be charged £35 per annum. Discounts Discounts are available for bulk purchases (more than 4) please email [email protected] for further information. Discounts are also available for educational institutions – please email [email protected] for details. TDUK members please use your coupon code at the checkout. These discounts cannot be combined with the AECB membership discounted price.   Products in the AECB shop are sold according to the terms and conditions listed here.  

This is a renewal for 1 years extended access to the AECB CarbonLite™ Retrofit Foundation training course. You must be an AECB member to do this training course and have paid for and started the CLRf course previously.