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Wondering what Passive House certified building components are available in your Country?

Passive House Component Database

https://database.passivehouse.com/en/components/

Wondering how Passive House Designers find and source components for your building? Passive House Institute has made it quite easy and compiled a comprehensive list of every single Passive House Building Component, from roof, wall and floor slab assemblies, to windows, doors and ventilations units.

Excellent resource for ALL current Passive House certified Building components that are available in the world. The list is first broken down into three main sections (See below), with each main section having further subsections to narrow down your search. Once you find the building component you are looking for you can filter further by country to see what's available in your country. (CA = Canada).

Section 1: Opaque Building Envelope
Con­struc­tion sys­tems
Floor slabs
Wall and column con­nec­tions
Bal­cony con­nec­tions
Façade an­chors
ICF for roof para­pets
At­tic stair­cases
Flue sys­tems
Air­tight­ness sys­tems

Section 2: Transparent building envelope
Win­dows
Roof win­dows
Sky­lights
Cur­tain wall sys­tems
Glass roofs
Open­able ele­ments in glass roof
Shut­ters
Entry doors
Slid­ing doors
Glaz­ing
Glaz­ing edge bonds
Fall pro­tec­tions

Section 3: Building services
Heat pumps
Vent­il­a­tion sys­tems
(ca­pa­city < 600 m3/h)
De­cent­ral­ised vent­il­a­tion sys­tem (single room only / with second room con­nec­tion)
De­cent­ral­ised vent­il­a­tion sys­tem (school room)
Vent­il­a­tion sys­tems
(ca­pa­city > 600 m3/h)
Drain wa­ter heat re­cov­ery
Ex­haust air wall sys­tem

Energy Performance Ratings of Buildings
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