Do you need CE hours to maintain your Passive House credential?
Stay ahead in the industry with our Passive House Continuing Education courses. Designed for architects, builders, and sustainability professionals, our expert-led training helps you deepen your knowledge of high performance building techniques. Whether you need CEU credits or want to enhance your skills in Passive House design and construction, Emu offers a wide range of options to fit your schedule and career goals.
Free Continuing Education Events
Keep your credentials up to date while gaining valuable insights into high-performance building strategies. Our Passive House continuing education free presentations are accredited for CEUs (Continuing Education Units), ensuring that your professional development aligns with industry standards.
- Free Passive House and building science presentations
- Emu’s Passive House happy hours and and networking events
Check Emu’s public events calendar, and subscribe to our newsletter to stay updated.
Emu’s Partners For Passive House Continuing Education Events
We work with several local partners to provide continuing education events in different regions of the US. Our partners include among others:
- Passive House Network
- PHRM, CGBG, and CRES in Colorado
- Passive House California
- 3C-REN in Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura, California
- NYPH in New York
- Green Building Alliance in Pittasburgh, Pennsylvania
- Passivhaus Maine
- Passive House Massachusetts

In-house CE Presentations
Depending on availability, Emu can offer in-house continuing education presentations on a wide range of building science topics. These are pre-approved for Passive House CE purposes, and can be self-reported for other organizations (e.g. AIA, and others).
Among others, popular free CE presentations Emu provides on a regular basis include:
- Passive House Basics
- Passive House And Electrification
- Passive House for Non-residential Buildings
- Passive House Retrofits
- High Performance Windows
- [un]Usual Suspects Of Building Science
- Passive House As An Air Quality Strategy
- Passive House Policy And Compliance
- Embodied Carbon
- Passive House In Humid Climates
- Passive House In California
Hands-on Continuing Education: Passive Pod Workshop
Emu’s Passive Pod Workshop provides participants with 16 hours of CE. This applies to Passive House tradespeople (CPHT), as well as Passive House Designers and Consultants (CPHD, CPHC).
From air sealing techniques to Passive House window install detailing, the hands-on workshop develops great skills for both design and construction professionals involved in sustainable, high-performance projects.

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