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[[category:Quality assurance and monitoring]]
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Quality assurance is the key when it comes to designing and building highly efficient buildings.
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[http://passipedia.passiv.de/passipedia_en/construction/quality_assurance/ Read more in Passipedia about quality assurance]
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Amongst others, certification can help to achieve the goal of outstandingly performing buildings.<br />
The following links provide information about certifications offered by the Passive House Institute.

Currently, the Passive House Institute offers building certification, component certification and person certification:

[[File:2014_Passive_House_Institute_BUILDING_certification.png|Building certification: Passive House and EnerPHit seals]]
[[File:2014_Passive_House_Institute_COMPONENT_certification.png|Component certification]]
[[File:2014_Passive_House_Institute_PERSON_certification.png|Person certification: Designers, consultants, tradespersons and building certifiers]]

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Information on "why certify" is available on the website of the International Passive House Association iPHA:
[http://www.passivehouse-international.org/index.php?page_id=238 www.passivehouse-international.org - Why certify?]
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Its affiliates offer information on this topic in many different languages, too.
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[http://www.passivehouse-international.org/index.php?page_id=78 www.passivehouse-international.org - Certification information]<br />
Browse the iPHA website for more information:
[http://www.passivehouse-international.org/ http://www.passivehouse-international.org/ Official website of iPHA]
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For a general overview of the above listed certification schemes offered by the Passive House Institute, please go to the official website:
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[http://www.passiv.de/en/03_certification/03_certification.htm www.passivehouse.com - Certification schemes]
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PDFs can be downloaded for each certification category to ensure that the certification criteria are transparent and open source. The variety of components which have been certified can be seen in the component database, on the same website.