Abstract: “In the era of “everything at once” the main objective seems to look for a standard, an adaptable prototype compliant with requirements on each situation. The architectural designing process has been affected by this phenomenon too, with the purpose of reaching the new european guidelines of high energy-efficient buildings, reducing energetic consumption and CO2 emissions and not taking into account the most important guideline ever: the environmental context. With this background, where even nature is under these rules, architects and designers should try to deconstruct the concept of standard itself, finding different solutions considering both the energetic and environmental issue, for specific locations. In order to fulfill this objective, the ancient teachings about solar energy and orientation have become the first steps to follow in the design process of a sustainable building.1 The aim of this study is to plan a scholastic building that respects EU limits in two different Europe”

Keywords: Passivhaus, nZEB, sustainability, buildings, Mediterranean climate