=== Standards ===The Passivhaus standard requires that the building fulfills the following requirements:* The building must be designed to have an annual heating and cooling demand as calculated with the Passivhaus Planning Package of not more than 15 kWh/m² per year (4746 btu/ft² per year) in heating and 15 kWh/m² per year cooling energy OR to be designed with a peak heat load of 10W/m²* Total primary energy (source energy for electricity, etc.
==Standardi==Medtem ko so nekatere tehnike in tehnologije, posebej razvite za standard pasivne hiše, so druge, kot superinsulation, že obstajale, koncept pasivnega sončnega modela stavbe pa sega v antiko.