Passive House Training
in Brooklyn, NY

Typical participants in Emu’s Boot Camps include:

• Architects and designers.
• Builders and general contractors.
• Trade specialists incl. air sealing, window installers, insulators, etc.
• Consultants, incl. building envelope, healthy building, etc.
• High performance product reps.
• Other construction professionals.

The Boot Camp is offered in two formats:

• in-person “Focus Boot Camp” format: 4 days in-person + exam
• hybrid “Flex Boot Camp” format: 16 hours on-demand material, + 2 days in-person workshop + exam

Phius’ Builder training (CPHB) focuses on compliance with Phius’ protocols and standards. It’s purely theoretical, and does not include any hands-on real-life training.

Emu’s Boot Camp is an integrated co-ed experience for designers and builders, that bridges the gap between theory and practice with an intensive hands-on workshop.

Yes, the Boot Camp provides continuing education credits:

• 16 CE credits for PHI-certified professionals, including CPHT, CPHD, and CPHC
• 32 HSW CEUs for AIA

The hands-on Passive Pod workshop consists of 2 days of practical training with high performance products and real-life applications.

Participants are divided into teams that compete to assemble the best Passive Pod, and go through specific training steps and building science games including:

• Strategic job planning and role playing
• Continuous insulation and low-carbon materials
• Air barrier and sealing techniques
• High performance window installation
• Quality assurance and project reporting/documentation
• Testing, including air leakage detection (pressurization/smoke test), infrared testing, and thermal resilience test.

Emu offers Certified Passive House Tradesperson (CPHT) training for PHI accreditation.

We decided to focus on the hands-on, implementation side of high performance construction.

Yes. Graduates from Emu’s Passive House Boot Camps work on both PHI and Phius projects.