honeybee_energy_standards.extension.constructionset module¶

Classmethod for honeybee-energy construction set.

honeybee_energy_standards.extension.constructionset.from_standards_dict(cls, data)[source]¶

Create a ConstructionSet from an OpenStudio standards gem dictionary.

Parameters: data – An OpenStudio standards dictionary of a construction type in the format below.

{
"name": "2013::ClimateZone5::SteelFramed",
"wall_set": {
    "exterior_construction": "Typical Insulated Steel Framed Exterior Wall-R19",
    "ground_construction": "Typical Insulated Basement Mass Wall-R8"
},
"floor_set": {
    "exterior_construction": "Typical Insulated Steel Framed Exterior Floor-R27",
    "ground_construction": "Typical Insulated Carpeted 8in Slab Floor-R5"
},
"roof_ceiling_set": {
    "exterior_construction": "Typical IEAD Roof-R32"
},
"aperture_set": {
    "window_construction": "U 0.48 SHGC 0.40 Dbl Ref-D Clr 6mm/13mm",
    "operable_construction": "U 0.48 SHGC 0.40 Dbl Ref-D Clr 6mm/13mm",
    "skylight_construction": "Window_U_0.50_SHGC_0.40_Skylight_Frame_Width_0.430_in"
},
"door_set": {
    "exterior_construction": "Typical Insulated Metal Door-R2",
    "overhead_construction": "Typical Overhead Door-R2",
    "exterior_glass_construction": "U 0.44 SHGC 0.26 Dbl Ref-B-H Clr 6mm/13mm Air"
}