Maison Passive de France

Maison Passive de France is a French commercial brand and online platform associated with the promotion, information and support of passive-house (Passivhaus) construction and low-energy building in France. The name translates literally as "Passive House of France", and the brand operates through the website lamaisonpassive.fr, which serves as a reference point for builders, architects, self-builders and private individuals interested in the passive-house standard. The passive-house approach is an internationally recognised construction standard that aims to deliver buildings with very low heating and cooling demand through high levels of insulation, airtightness, thermal-bridge-free detailing, high-performance glazing and mechanical ventilation with heat recovery. In the French market, Maison Passive de France positions itself within this ecosystem by providing information, guidance and connections to certified professionals and products. The brand is documented in structured open-data sources such as Wikidata (entry Q108273493), which records it as a distinct commercial entity. Its activities are centred on the French market, and its website is the primary public-facing channel. As a relatively specialised brand, it addresses a niche audience of energy-conscious builders and renovators rather than the mass market. The dossier below summarises what is publicly verifiable about the brand; details such as founding year, founder identity, headquarters address and corporate ownership are not established by the available evidence and are therefore left unspecified.

Maison Passive de France is a French brand and online platform focused on passive-house construction. The passive-house concept originated in Germany in the late 1980s and early 1990s, developed by Wolfgang Feist and Bo Adamson, and was formalised through the Passivhaus Institut in Darmstadt. The standard spread across Europe during the 2000s and 2010s, and France developed its own ecosystem of certified builders, designers and suppliers. Maison Passive de France emerged within this context as a French-language reference point for the passive-house standard, operating the website lamaisonpassive.fr. The brand is recorded in Wikidata under the identifier Q108273493, which confirms its recognition as a distinct commercial entity in structured open data. Its public activity centres on informing and connecting the French passive-house community, including self-builders, architects, engineers and construction firms. Because the available evidence does not include founding dates, corporate filings or ownership records, the precise chronology of the brand's establishment and development cannot be stated here. What is clear is that the brand operates in the French market and is associated with the promotion of very-low-energy building practices. Its continued presence online indicates an active status, and its niche positioning aligns it with the broader European passive-house movement rather than with mainstream volume housebuilding.

Specialist French brand and information platform for passive-house and low-energy construction.

• lamaisonpassive.fr online platform

  French-language website providing information and resources on passive-house construction.

1. 1Maison Passive de Francewikidata.org
2. 2Maison Passive de France official websitelamaisonpassive.fr