被动式太阳能商业建筑的设计通常被视为一项高风险项目。虽然被动式概念已成功应用于住宅建筑一段时间，但迄今为止，被动式太阳能商业建筑很少。业主、建筑师和工程师在涉及大量建设预算时，在应用未经试验的被动概念时都非常谨慎。另一方面，一些太阳能倡导者和创新设计师声称，被动太阳能概念可能只是已知建筑设计理论的延伸，有可能将建筑能耗减少一半，并节省数百万桶进口石油。本文将介绍迄今为止（在设计过程中）有关被动式太阳能商业建筑的主要经验教训。引用:研讨会，ASHRAE交易，第88卷，第2部分，加拿大多伦多

Designing passive solar commercial buildings is commonly viewed as a high-risk venture. Although passive concepts have been applied successfully to residential buildings for some time, there have been very few passive solar commercial buildings to date. Owners, architects, and engineers alike have been cautious in applying untried passive concepts when large construction budgets were at stake.On the other hand, some solar advocates and innovative designers claim that passive solar concepts may be only an extension of known bulding design theory with the potential of cutting building energy use in half and saving millions of barrels of imported oil.This paper will present key lessons learned to date (in the design process) about passive solar commercial buildings.