honeybee_doe2.construction module

honeybee-inp construction translators.

honeybee_doe2.construction.air_construction_to_inp(construction)

Convert an AirBoundaryConstruction to a CONSTRUCTION INP string.

This translation pathway always uses a NoMass U-VALUE Construction.

honeybee_doe2.construction.door_construction_to_inp(construction)

Convert an OpaqueConstruction or WindowConstruction to a CONSTRUCTION INP string.

This translation pathway always uses a NoMass U-VALUE Construction.

honeybee_doe2.construction.extract_all_constructions_from_inp_file(inp_file)

Extract all ScheduleRuleset objects from a DOE-2 INP file.

Parameters:

inp_file – A path to an INP file containing objects for CONSTRUCTION, LAYERS, MATERIAL, and/or GLASS-TYPE.

Returns:

A tuple with three elements

• window_constructions: A list of all WindowConstruction objects in the INP file as honeybee_energy WindowConstruction objects.

• opaque_constructions: A list of all OpaqueConstruction objects in the IDF file as honeybee_energy OpaqueConstruction objects.

• materials: A list of all opaque materials in the IDF file as honeybee_energy EnergyMaterial or EnergyMaterialNoMass objects.

honeybee_doe2.construction.opaque_construction_from_inp(inp_string, layers, materials)

Create an OpaqueConstruction from INP text strings.

Parameters:

• inp_string – A text string fully describing an EnergyPlus construction.

• layers – A dictionary with U-names of layers as keys and INP strings of LAYERS objects as values.

• materials – A dictionary with identifiers of materials as keys and Python material objects as values.

honeybee_doe2.construction.opaque_construction_to_inp(construction)

Convert an OpaqueConstruction into a CONSTRUCTION INP string.

This will include both the LAYERS definition as well as the CONSTRUCTION but it does NOT include the constituent MATERIAL definitions and their properties.

honeybee_doe2.construction.opaque_material_from_inp(inp_string)

Create an EnergyMaterial or EnergyMaterialNoMass from a MATERIAL INP string.

honeybee_doe2.construction.opaque_material_to_inp(material)

Convert an EnergyMaterial or EnergyMaterialNoMass into a MATERIAL INP string.

Note that EnergyMaterials that are below a certain thickness will be automatically converted to No Mass materials for compatibility with DOE-2. Also note that this does not work for any materials that can be a part of a window constructions.

honeybee_doe2.construction.window_construction_from_inp(inp_string)

Create a WindowConstruction from a GLASS-TYPE INP string.

Will be None if the GLASS-TYPE uses one of DOE-2’s internal glass type codes.

honeybee_doe2.construction.window_construction_to_inp(construction)

Convert a WindowConstruction (or its variants) into a GLASS-TYPE INP string.