designPH PRO
3D energy efficiency planning tool for professionals
designPH PRO is the ideal addition to the Passive House Planning Package and has the following advantages:
- plugin for the well-known modelling software Google/Trimble SketchUp 3D
- project data input and 3D display of the building envelope
- automatic analysis and preliminary calculation of the heating demand
- 3D editing and optimisation of the building design
- geometrical data of the building envelope incl. shading and used components
(windows, U-values, etc.) can be exported into PHPP
The latest version of designPH does not just ensure compatibility with PHPP 9 - one of the new features includes
automatic identification and calculation of the shading parameters even during the analysis with the 3D tool,
therefore optimisation of a building's shading parameters is already possible in designPH.
What is included?
To design a Passive House and make a full analysis, designPH PRO should be used in conjunction with PHPP.
Therefore you can only get designPH PRO either as a package with PHPP 9
or as part of an upgrade if you are already a PHPP customer.
- You are new to designPH and PHPP:
buying the the bundle of designPH PRO and PHPP 9 with its excellent price-performance ratio you will get:
- a printed PHPP 9 manual (234 pages) plus CD with full PHPP 9 software on it.
- the designPH PRO plugin for Trimble 3D SketchUp* software (* extra download at Trimble website).
- free updates* and patches at designph.org (* within the purchased major version).
- access to designPH online manual and instructions including actively maintained user forums and FAQs
- user account and user support via forum at designph.org is included.
- You are already using PHPP (purchased at Passive House Institute or official reseller):
you will just have to get the designPH PRO plugin:
- the designPH PRO plugin for Trimble 3D SketchUp* software (* extra download at Trimble website).
- free updates* and patches at designph.org (* within the purchased major version).
- access to designPH online manual and instructions including actively maintained user forums and FAQs
- user account and user support via forum at designph.org is included.
Details on currently provided version, features and prices please see here.