Passive house is a voluntary building performance standard for very high energy efficiency and thermal comfort that substantially reduces a building’s carbon footprint. Buildings certified to the stan
Passive house developed by Western Technical College in La Crosse, Wisconsin
The Schiestlhaus [de] (Austria, 2005), first high-alpine passive house
A passive house building in Darmstadt, Germany
An energy-plus building produces more energy from renewable energy sources, over the course of a year, than it imports from external sources. This is achieved using a combination of microgeneration te
Energy-plus-houses at Freiburg-Vauban in Germany
The Solar Settlement with the Sun Ship in the background: two PlusEnergy projects in Freiburg