Passive and low-energy house standard have also penetrated the commercial and industrial sectors. Differences exist regarding room temperatures as compared to domestic construction. Office buildings are usually built in solid or lightweight construction, whereby steel is often used for the lightweight construction. This poses problems because of possible heat bridges, but in well-planned construction this can be avoided.  Remaining heat losses can be detected with infrared photography.

Production halls and warehouses are usually built with steel or concrete; wood is used seldom. In steel construction there are rather wind proofed thermal insulations situated between two sheets of metal. An interesting possibility is a building shell of sandwich panels with PU foam between two sheet metal layers to achieve very good thermal insulation values. For concrete buildings, insulation plates are situated between construction units, which strongly reduce thermal loss. The insulation thickness in production halls and warehouses are somewhat lower than in offices buildings since their ambient temperatures are lower; insulation thicknesses from 10 to 16 cm with walls and ceilings are usual here.