The PHPP (like Passive House Planning Package or PassivHaus Projektierungs Paket) is to the "passive house" what two wheels are to the bicycle: it not only allows the home to be designed to ensure that it will respect very low consumption. energy sources sought, but in addition it is also the construction validation tool and which serves as a basis for the award of certification (Passivhaus Institut Darmstadt, Belgian Passive House Platform, La Maison Passive in France, etc. .)
The PHPP consists of software, easy to use since programmed in Microsoft Excel and a large manual, which is not large because the software is complicated, but because it allows the occasional description of the software to go over many practical aspects of "passive construction". So PHPP is much more of a "design tool" than a single program: it is a passive design support tool.
Software that is not strictly speaking a dynamic simulation tool, since it uses the monthly approximation method, has been validated conceptually by dynamic simulation and in practice by more than 200 constructions whose energy consumption has been combed over many years, which confirms by experience the accuracy of the results provided by the system.
The PHPP is "The" passive house tool par excellence. It is easier to use than dynamic simulation software (and faster in "virtualization" of the design). However, even if it is relatively simple, you still have to "enter" the construction correctly. Otherwise, the results may be disappointing.
The software is based on European standards, including EN 10077, EN 673, EN 410, EN 13790, etc.
Source Suite: http://www.lamaisonpassive.fr/spip/spip.php?article33
Example of a complete dimensioning: https://www.econologie.info/share/partag ... m6uCCH.pdf