The design of buildings based on passive solar architecture comes from ancient times and has remained linked to the traditional architecture of many countries. The first case was the MIT Solar House #1 built around 1939 in Massachusetts (USA) under the academic project and direction of H.C. Hotel. This building implied a paradigm that over the course of two decades generated competition between American universities, first, to which European universities later joined. This led to the holding of conferences and the creation of national and international associations (ASES"), ANES"), ISES, ASADES, PLEA) where architects, physicists and engineers met in a multidisciplinary academic space working in groups to create these experimental homes. The American Solar Energy Society (ASES) was the pioneer association created in 1954, which was followed by the Argentine Solar Energy Association (ASADES) in 1974, the National Solar Energy Association of Mexico (ANES) in 1980, among others. New ideas and proposals were tested, innovations were generated, each progress was monitored and modeled, meticulously recorded in minutes of conferences and meetings or referenced magazines of each association.

These solar constructions, mainly homes, were carried out mainly in the developed world although cases were also carried out in developing countries, such as South America. New constructions were continually appearing in rural areas or in urban suburbs by enthusiastic buyers. They were systematically ignored by the construction industry until the end of the century, when the problem of global warming and climate change arose, blaming the construction of habitat for 50% of the problem. This becomes public and the media begins to talk about eco-architecture, green architecture, sustainable architecture, sustainable architecture. Adjectives to the word architecture that seek to differentiate it from conventional architecture, implying environmental awareness and therefore a minimization of the local and/or global environmental impact generated by each construction.

Despite the lack of general interest, passive solar technologies were revived and improved in the last third of the century coinciding with the oil crisis of 1973. The introduction of computer-aided design technologies and the appearance of pioneering constructions also helped.

At the beginning of the century, the topic has gained new interest, mainly due to the already visible consequences of global warming of the planet.

Pragmatic: a house could save on the order of 30% or more in heating costs without hardly modifying its appearance, comfort or usability. This can be achieved through a correct location of the windows, small contributions of thermal mass and good thermal insulation. A wall facing the equator can receive the Sun's rays during the day, accumulate heat and release it at night.

Seasonal: Traditionally, passive solar technology has focused on daily cycles of heat accumulation/radiation to maintain optimal temperature conditions that can be maintained for a few days even in the absence of sunny days. Recent research has developed techniques to accumulate heat in hot seasons and release it months later in cold seasons. These techniques require large amounts of thermal mass generally located in the subsoil about 7 meters deep and perfectly insulated to avoid heat loss due to the weather or water. In the cold months, heat can be recovered by conducting it through plastic pipes and introducing it into the home's heating system.

Minimum machinery: a pure passive solar house should not incorporate any mechanical or electrical elements to be considered as such. It should only use the energy radiated by the Sun and receive only incidentally the heat produced by elements such as light bulbs, candles, stoves, household appliances, showers, people or animals. The use of natural ventilation mechanisms#Types_of_Ventilation##Natural_Ventilation "Ventilation (architecture)") in which fans or other devices do not intervene, are usually included within these techniques, although they are not strictly considered passive solar designs.

• - Solar architecture.

• - Bioclimatic architecture

*Passive house

• Passive solar systems

• Water walls

• Solar fireplace

• Active solar technology.

• - Energy efficient building

• House energy plus

• Low energy building

• Zero energy building.

• - Wind sensor.

• - Wind tower.

• - Superisolation.

• - Bioconstruction.

• - Permaculture.

• - Acosta, Wladimiro. 1976. Housing and Climate. New Vision Editions. Buenos Aires.

• - Alemany, J. and others. 1980. The sun for everyone. Comprehensive Ed.

• - Allen, Edward. (1991). How a Building Works. Elementary principles. Ed. Gili.

• - Anderson, A. and Wells, M. Easy guide to passive solar energy. Natural heat and cold. Ed. Gili, Barcelona.

• - Bardou, Patrick. 1980. Sun and Architecture. Ed. Gili, Barcelona.

• - Bardou. Patrick. and Arzoumanian, V. 1986. Adobe architectures. Ed. Gili, Mexico.

• - Billington, N.S. 1952. Thermal Properties of Building. Cleaver-Hume Press Ltd.

• - Czajkowski, Jorge") and Gómez, Analía. 1994. Bioclimatic design and building energy economy. Fundamentals and methods. Ed. UNLP, Cátedra Collection. La Plata, Argentina.

• - Czajkowski, Jorge") and Gómez, Analía. 2009. Sustainable architecture. Ed. Clarín. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

• - Diaz, Ernest. 1967. Architecture and the Sun. Solar protection of buildings. Gustavo Gili.

• - Givoni B, A. 1976. Man, Climate and Architecture. Architectural Science Serves. Publishers. Ltd. London.

• - González, Neila. 2004. Bioclimatic architecture in a sustainable environment. Ed. Munilla-leria.

• - Izard, Jean Louis & Guyot, Alan. 1980. Bioclimatic Architecture. Ed. Gili, Barcelona.

• - Mazria, Edward. 1983. The Book of Passive Solar Energy. Ed. Gili. ISBN 968-6085-76-9.

• - Mc Phillips, Martin. 1985. Housing with Passive Solar Energy. Gustavo Gili.

• - Olgyay, Victor. 1998. Architecture and climate. Bioclimatic design manual for architects and urban planners. Ed. Gustavo Gili, Barcelona. ISBN 84-252-1488-2.

• - Serra, Rafael and Coch, E. 1995. Architecture and Natural Energy. Ed. UPC. Barcelona.

• - Serra, Rafael. 1999. Architecture and Climate. Gustavo Gili, Barcelona.

• - The American Institute of Architects. 1984. The passive house. Ed. Blume, Madrid.

• - Watson, D. 1985. The solar house. Madrid. H. Blume.

• - Wright, David. 1983. Natural Solar Architecture. Gustavo Gili.

• - Yáñez, Guillermo. 1982. Solar energy, buildings and climate. Ed. Ministry of Public Works and Urban Planning, Madrid.

• - Center for Vernacular Architecture, Bangalore, India, an NGO.

• - Sustainable Architecture information from the University of Michigan.

• - EcoHabitar Articles on Bioconstruction, Sustainable Architecture and ecomaterials.

• - Conference where Norman Foster explains the need for sustainable architecture and his work Archived December 18, 2009 in the Wayback Machine.

• - Sustainable construction agenda of the College of Surveyors and Technical Architects of Catalonia.

• - Cal-Earth (The California Institute of Earth Art and Architecture) developed a patented system called Superadobe, made up of bags that contain stabilized soil and are reinforced with barbed wire to resist earthquakes, fire and floods.

• - Czajkowski - Gómez Facilities Chair of the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning of the National University of La Plata, which bases its pedagogical proposal on sustainable architecture and environmentally conscious design.

• - EULEB - EUropean high quality Low Energy Buildings, provides information on European non-residential public buildings with low energy consumption.

• - Solarpedia.

The design of buildings based on passive solar architecture comes from ancient times and has remained linked to the traditional architecture of many countries. The first case was the MIT Solar House #1 built around 1939 in Massachusetts (USA) under the academic project and direction of H.C. Hotel. This building implied a paradigm that over the course of two decades generated competition between American universities, first, to which European universities later joined. This led to the holding of conferences and the creation of national and international associations (ASES"), ANES"), ISES, ASADES, PLEA) where architects, physicists and engineers met in a multidisciplinary academic space working in groups to create these experimental homes. The American Solar Energy Society (ASES) was the pioneer association created in 1954, which was followed by the Argentine Solar Energy Association (ASADES) in 1974, the National Solar Energy Association of Mexico (ANES) in 1980, among others. New ideas and proposals were tested, innovations were generated, each progress was monitored and modeled, meticulously recorded in minutes of conferences and meetings or referenced magazines of each association.

These solar constructions, mainly homes, were carried out mainly in the developed world although cases were also carried out in developing countries, such as South America. New constructions were continually appearing in rural areas or in urban suburbs by enthusiastic buyers. They were systematically ignored by the construction industry until the end of the century, when the problem of global warming and climate change arose, blaming the construction of habitat for 50% of the problem. This becomes public and the media begins to talk about eco-architecture, green architecture, sustainable architecture, sustainable architecture. Adjectives to the word architecture that seek to differentiate it from conventional architecture, implying environmental awareness and therefore a minimization of the local and/or global environmental impact generated by each construction.

Despite the lack of general interest, passive solar technologies were revived and improved in the last third of the century coinciding with the oil crisis of 1973. The introduction of computer-aided design technologies and the appearance of pioneering constructions also helped.

At the beginning of the century, the topic has gained new interest, mainly due to the already visible consequences of global warming of the planet.

Pragmatic: a house could save on the order of 30% or more in heating costs without hardly modifying its appearance, comfort or usability. This can be achieved through a correct location of the windows, small contributions of thermal mass and good thermal insulation. A wall facing the equator can receive the Sun's rays during the day, accumulate heat and release it at night.

Seasonal: Traditionally, passive solar technology has focused on daily cycles of heat accumulation/radiation to maintain optimal temperature conditions that can be maintained for a few days even in the absence of sunny days. Recent research has developed techniques to accumulate heat in hot seasons and release it months later in cold seasons. These techniques require large amounts of thermal mass generally located in the subsoil about 7 meters deep and perfectly insulated to avoid heat loss due to the weather or water. In the cold months, heat can be recovered by conducting it through plastic pipes and introducing it into the home's heating system.

Minimum machinery: a pure passive solar house should not incorporate any mechanical or electrical elements to be considered as such. It should only use the energy radiated by the Sun and receive only incidentally the heat produced by elements such as light bulbs, candles, stoves, household appliances, showers, people or animals. The use of natural ventilation mechanisms#Types_of_Ventilation##Natural_Ventilation "Ventilation (architecture)") in which fans or other devices do not intervene, are usually included within these techniques, although they are not strictly considered passive solar designs.

• - Solar architecture.

• - Bioclimatic architecture

*Passive house

• Passive solar systems

• Water walls

• Solar fireplace

• Active solar technology.

• - Energy efficient building

• House energy plus

• Low energy building

• Zero energy building.

• - Wind sensor.

• - Wind tower.

• - Superisolation.

• - Bioconstruction.

• - Permaculture.

• - Acosta, Wladimiro. 1976. Housing and Climate. New Vision Editions. Buenos Aires.

• - Alemany, J. and others. 1980. The sun for everyone. Comprehensive Ed.

• - Allen, Edward. (1991). How a Building Works. Elementary principles. Ed. Gili.

• - Anderson, A. and Wells, M. Easy guide to passive solar energy. Natural heat and cold. Ed. Gili, Barcelona.

• - Bardou, Patrick. 1980. Sun and Architecture. Ed. Gili, Barcelona.

• - Bardou. Patrick. and Arzoumanian, V. 1986. Adobe architectures. Ed. Gili, Mexico.

• - Billington, N.S. 1952. Thermal Properties of Building. Cleaver-Hume Press Ltd.

• - Czajkowski, Jorge") and Gómez, Analía. 1994. Bioclimatic design and building energy economy. Fundamentals and methods. Ed. UNLP, Cátedra Collection. La Plata, Argentina.

• - Czajkowski, Jorge") and Gómez, Analía. 2009. Sustainable architecture. Ed. Clarín. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

• - Diaz, Ernest. 1967. Architecture and the Sun. Solar protection of buildings. Gustavo Gili.

• - Givoni B, A. 1976. Man, Climate and Architecture. Architectural Science Serves. Publishers. Ltd. London.

• - González, Neila. 2004. Bioclimatic architecture in a sustainable environment. Ed. Munilla-leria.

• - Izard, Jean Louis & Guyot, Alan. 1980. Bioclimatic Architecture. Ed. Gili, Barcelona.

• - Mazria, Edward. 1983. The Book of Passive Solar Energy. Ed. Gili. ISBN 968-6085-76-9.

• - Mc Phillips, Martin. 1985. Housing with Passive Solar Energy. Gustavo Gili.

• - Olgyay, Victor. 1998. Architecture and climate. Bioclimatic design manual for architects and urban planners. Ed. Gustavo Gili, Barcelona. ISBN 84-252-1488-2.

• - Serra, Rafael and Coch, E. 1995. Architecture and Natural Energy. Ed. UPC. Barcelona.

• - Serra, Rafael. 1999. Architecture and Climate. Gustavo Gili, Barcelona.

• - The American Institute of Architects. 1984. The passive house. Ed. Blume, Madrid.

• - Watson, D. 1985. The solar house. Madrid. H. Blume.

• - Wright, David. 1983. Natural Solar Architecture. Gustavo Gili.

• - Yáñez, Guillermo. 1982. Solar energy, buildings and climate. Ed. Ministry of Public Works and Urban Planning, Madrid.

• - Center for Vernacular Architecture, Bangalore, India, an NGO.

• - Sustainable Architecture information from the University of Michigan.

• - EcoHabitar Articles on Bioconstruction, Sustainable Architecture and ecomaterials.

• - Conference where Norman Foster explains the need for sustainable architecture and his work Archived December 18, 2009 in the Wayback Machine.

• - Sustainable construction agenda of the College of Surveyors and Technical Architects of Catalonia.

• - Cal-Earth (The California Institute of Earth Art and Architecture) developed a patented system called Superadobe, made up of bags that contain stabilized soil and are reinforced with barbed wire to resist earthquakes, fire and floods.

• - Czajkowski - Gómez Facilities Chair of the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning of the National University of La Plata, which bases its pedagogical proposal on sustainable architecture and environmentally conscious design.

• - EULEB - EUropean high quality Low Energy Buildings, provides information on European non-residential public buildings with low energy consumption.

• - Solarpedia.