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 |**[[.:design_tools|]]** |**[[https://passivehouse.com/04_phpp/04_phpp.htm|PHPP]]** |The Passive House Planning Package (PHPP) is an easy-to-use planning tool for energy efficiency, for the use of architects and planning experts. The reliability of the calculation results and ease of use of this planning tool has already been experienced by several thousand users. For more information, click [[.:calculating_energy_efficiency:phpp_-_the_passive_house_planning_package|here]].|EN, DE|
-| ::: |**[[https://passivehouse.com/04_phpp/05_designph/05_designph.htm|designPH]]** |designPH 2 is a plugin for the popular 3D design software SketchUp which gives quick results using automatic analysis. For more information, click [[.:calculating_energy_efficiency:phpp_-_the_passive_house_planning_package:designph_plugin|here]].|EN, DE|
+| ::: |**[[https://passivehouse.com/04_phpp/05_designph/05_designph.htm|designPH]]** |designPH 2 is a plugin for the popular 3D design software SketchUp which gives quick results using automatic analysis. For a brief overview, click [[.:calculating_energy_efficiency:phpp_-_the_passive_house_planning_package:designph_plugin|here]], or see the designPH homepage at [[https://www.designph.org|www.designph.org]]|EN, DE|
 | ::: |**[[https://passivehouse.com/04_phpp/06_bim2ph/06_bim2ph.html|bim2PH]]** |bim2PH is the new BIM Tool developed by the Passive House Institute, which allows efficiency data entry in 3D BIM software and transfers information for the energy balance calculation and efficiency design into the Passive House Planning Package (PHPP).|EN, DE|
 | ::: |**[[https://passivehouse.com/04_phpp/07_districtph/07_districtph.html|districtPH]]** |districtPH is used to create energy balances for neighborhoods, from smaller groups of buildings up to whole districts.|EN|
 ===== Additional Tools =====
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 | ::: |**[[.:pherde|]]** |The tool is intended to serve Passive House designers as an aid for the design and calculation of brine-to-earth heat exchangers.|DE|
 |**[[.:cooling|Cooling]]** |**[[.:cooling_systems_tool|]]** |Different cooling configurations can quickly be entered and compared, so that an informed choice of the appropriate system combination is possible.|EN|
-|**[[.:heat_pump|Heat pump]]** |**[[.:heat_pump_tool|]]** |It derives the optimal COP (heating) and EER (cooling) test points from the available manufacturer data (e.g. HSPF/SCOP or SEER). The test points can be entered in PHPP10.|EN|
+|**[[.:heat_pump|Heat pump]]** |**[[.:heat_pump_tool|]]** |It derives the optimal COP (heating) and EER (cooling) test points from the available manufacturer data (e.g. HSPF/SCOP or SEER). The test points can be entered in PHPP10. A version for PHPP9 is available as well.|EN|
 | ::: |**[[.:tools:heat_pump_water_heaters|Heat pump water heaters]]** |This tool helps to enter heat pump water heaters inside the thermal envelope into PHPP10.|EN|
 |**[[.:electricity|Electricity]]** |**[[.:lift_energy_demand_tool|]]** |This tool helps to assess the energy demand of lifts using the Excel®-Tool of the Passive House Institute. The assessment follows the calculations presented in VDI 4707 2009-3.|EN, DE|