As with any high performance product or investment, a Passive House requires additional upfront cost - but there’s much more to understand. Like a high quality automobile, Passive House achieves its performance standards by meeting a demanding set of building and energy modeling requirements. Once certified, a Passive House begins a lifelong ROI. The graph shows the annual savings of space heating alone, which is nearly 90% of standard construction.

As a low energy home, a Passive House also reduces lifecycle costs such as operation, maintenance, and almost certain performance upgrades over time. As a low carbon home, it will make a strong environmental statement and likely see higher value over time, while providing a safe refuge against world energy prices. Using data from average construction cost, the application of Passive House principles may increase upfront cost as little as 6%.