In North America the first Passivhaus was built in Urbana, Illinois in 2003, and the first to be certified was built in 2006 near Bemidji, Minnesota in Camp Waldsee of the German Concordia Language Villages.
Od takrat je bilo zgrajenih na tisoče objektov pasivni hiš, ocena za leto 2010 je več kot 25.000 pasivnih hiš.