3rd Edition

PHPP Illustrated A designer's companion to the Passivhaus Planning Package

By Sarah Lewis Copyright 2026
272 Pages
by RIBA Publishing

272 Pages
by RIBA Publishing

Passivhaus is a leading low energy building standard. An important tool for designing Passivhaus buildings is the Passive House Planning Package (PHPP). This book is an essential guide to the PHPP, and sets out clear and easy-to-follow steps for inputting and understanding a building in PHPP. Fully revised and updated for PHPP10, this new edition provides essential updates on the latest version... Read more

Foreword How to use this book Introduction - What is PHPP? Key Principles of a Passive House Project Getting Started with PHPP PHPP Heating Demand Basics PHPP Cooling Basics PHPP Primary Energy Basics PHPP Heat Demand Details Glossary Index

Biography

Sarah Sandison Lewis is Research and Policy Director at the UK Passivhaus Trust and is a certified Passivhaus Consultant. She was awarded Sustainability and Environmental Woman of the Year at the European Women in Construction and Engineering Awards in 2018. She published the first edition of PHPP Illustrated in 2013, and the second edition in 2017, and was for some years a Director at bere:architects. Sarah also delivers a module on RIBA Academy’s Passivhaus Series.