Some other resources:
https://www.passivhaustrust.org.uk/competitions_and_campaigns/passivhaus-retrofit/
https://www.passivhaustrust.org.uk/guidance.php (their summer overheating
https://blog.passivehouse-international.org/the-passive-house-standard-an-opportunity/ (Portugal iPHA)
I like these magazines - https://passivehouseplus.ie/ and https://passivehouseplus.co.uk/
This is a good visual - ice box challenge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZolURf7wjM8 https://www.passivehousecanada.com/passive-house-eclipses-bc-building-code-ice-box-challenge/
Rules of thumb from UK passive house trust booklet - Rule of thumb from PHIUS
In case you are looking for any products for your projects - https://database.passivehouse.com/en/components/
Baxt Ingui Passive House Intro -- Shows his method to convert a 4 storey row house in Brooklyn, NY.
https://europhit.eu/ & https://outphit.eu/en/ from EU. presentation from 2015
Reduce time on building site, ground work still has to be done, but then you can coordinate delivery of prefabricated panels (to PH standards) to be delivered and assembled on-site (including windows, doors not so much if at ground level).
PHA magazine & pre-fab videos
Ontario factory built houses or panels - see this article. I worked with Rick at https://www.tooketree.com/
Two schools of thought:
design the building to ignore solar gains (i.e. if you don't have access to sun, or you think your sun is going to be blocked out by a new development etc),
design to your location, making the most of the southerly exposures, and being careful with East and West exposures (and the long heat of sunrise & sunset in the summers!)
Rules of thumb from UK passive house trust booklet
Rule of thumb from PHIUS:
Under the new Prescriptive Path, the window to wall ratio must be 18% or less, and skylights can be no more than 3% of the roof area. Regarding north and south glazing: Each must be no more than 40% of total glazing; and east and west glazing can be no more than 20% of total each.
Great blog posts
https://elrondburrell.com/blog/passivhaus-overheating-design/
https://elrondburrell.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/015-Passivhaus-Spreadsheet-PHPP-Design-Tool-Common-Mistake.jpg
https://elrondburrell.com/blog/passivhaus-spreadsheet-phpp-design-tool/
Also the effect of the whole wall R-value when you put windows in it - this is a good explainer on the proportions of the windows on R-values - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJRsmiaqh6A:
This plots the sun’s direction for each orientation http://solardat.uoregon.edu/PolarSunChartProgram.html
Shading calculation for PHPP https://storage.googleapis.com/warm/files/Additional-shading-v4.2.1.xlsx (under this website - also other cool tools).
Long and short of it is you have to balance the g-value of the window to ensure balance heat of winter sun and overheating from summer-sun (and then swing seasons have optionality to have or block heat as required).
Most locations in Canada require triple-pane, triple sealed PH certified windows or similar (otherwise the 'thermal comfort criteria' in PH is not met, and we feel too hot or cold near a window - which is why old houses have heaters near windows).
Window install can improve the performance of the windows (in my project 7% just by overframing):
Some references on stopping overheating in the summer :
https://elrondburrell.com/blog/passivhaus-overheating-design.
https://www.passivhaustrust.org.uk/guidance_detail.php?gId=49 - includes booklet, phpp plugin and link to short course.
https://issuu.com/detail-magazine/docs/bk_passive_house_design/10
sun trackers basic & solar tracking AR (which you could use to figure out overhang needed)
PHPP-IP | Course II - 7.0 - Windows Shading from NY Passive House
Figure out how to design your own shading - https://susdesign.com/tools.php
https://lumencache.lighting/ - this is the DC lighting