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In the future, to reduce carbon dioxide emission in the atmosphere of the earth and protecting the earth environment, mankind will be forced to do a lot less energy for heating than it uses it still. If we add to this that the stocks of non-renewable energy resources are finite, it should be recognized that the main characteristic of the future buildings is ultra-low energy consumption and even energy consumption close to zero. And many countries have established similar standards of energy consumption. ZEBs have the promising to reduce the significant energy use and as well to increase the overall share of renewable energy. However, in order not to fall short of expectation, there is a need for commonly agreed ZEB definition framework and a robust �zero� calculation methodology. This framework should allow for a variety of solution sets and not focus only on PV based solution sets, as this strategy is mainly addressing small and new buildings.