Standards
While some techniques and technologies were specifically developed for the Passive House standard, others, such as superinsulation, already existed, and the concept of passive solar building design dates back to antiquity. There was also other previous experience with low-energy building standards, notably the German Niedrigenergiehaus (low-energy house) standard, as well as from buildings constructed to the demanding energy codes of Sweden and Denmark.
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—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)
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—Judith Viorst (20th century)
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—Margaret Mead (1901–1978)