lib¶

honeybee-energy lib¶

Commands for retrieving objects from the standards library.

honeybee-energy lib [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

add¶

Add an object or set of objects to the user’s standard library.

Args:

properties_file: A JSON file of a ModelEnergyProperties object containing

the objects to be written into the user standards library. All sub-objects
within this ModelEnergyProperties object must be Abridged if the sub-object
has an abridged schema and these abridged schemas are allowed to
reference either other objects in the ModelEnergyProperties or existing
objects within the standards library.

honeybee-energy lib add [OPTIONS] PROPERTIES_FILE

Options

-s, --standards-folder <standards_folder>¶: A directory containing sub-folders of resource objects (constructions, constructionsets, schedules, programtypes) to which the properties-file objects will be added. If unspecified, the current user honeybee default standards folder will be used.

-log, --log-file <log_file>¶

Optional file to output a log of the purging process. By default this will be printed out to stdout

Default: -

Arguments

PROPERTIES_FILE¶: Required argument

construction-set-by-id¶

Get a construction set definition from the standards lib with its identifier.

Args:

construction_set_id: The identifier of a construction set in the library.

honeybee-energy lib construction-set-by-id [OPTIONS] CONSTRUCTION_SET_ID

Options

--none-defaults, -d, --include-defaults¶

Flag to note whether default constructions in the set should be included in or should be None.

Default: True

--complete, -a, --abridged¶

Flag to note whether an abridged definition should be returned.

Default: True

-f, --output-file <output_file>¶

Optional file to output the JSON string of the object. By default, it will be printed out to stdout

Default: -

Arguments

CONSTRUCTION_SET_ID¶: Required argument

construction-sets¶

Get a list of all construction sets in the standards library.

honeybee-energy lib construction-sets [OPTIONS]

Options

-f, --output-file <output_file>¶

Optional file to output the JSON string of the object. By default, it will be printed out to stdout

Default: -

construction-sets-by-id¶

Get several construction set definitions from the standards lib at once.

Args:

construction_set_ids: Any number of construction set identifiers to be retrieved

from the library.

honeybee-energy lib construction-sets-by-id [OPTIONS]
                                            [CONSTRUCTION_SET_IDS]...

Options

--none-defaults, -d, --include-defaults¶

Flag to note whether default constructions in the set should be included in detail or should be None.

Default: True

--complete, -a, --abridged¶

Flag to note whether an abridged definition should be returned.

Default: True

-f, --output-file <output_file>¶

Optional file to output the JSON string of the object. By default, it will be printed out to stdout

Default: -

Arguments

CONSTRUCTION_SET_IDS¶: Optional argument(s)

constructions-by-id¶

Get several construction definitions from the standards lib at once.

Args:

construction_ids: Any number of construction identifiers to be retrieved

from the library.

honeybee-energy lib constructions-by-id [OPTIONS] [CONSTRUCTION_IDS]...

Options

--complete, -a, --abridged¶

Flag to note whether an abridged definition should be returned.

Default: True

-f, --output-file <output_file>¶

Optional file to output the JSON strings of the objects. By default, it will be printed out to stdout

Default: -

Arguments

CONSTRUCTION_IDS¶: Optional argument(s)

materials-by-id¶

Get several material definitions from the standards lib at once.

Args:

material_ids: Any number of material identifiers to be retrieved from

the library.

honeybee-energy lib materials-by-id [OPTIONS] [MATERIAL_IDS]...

Options

-f, --output-file <output_file>¶

Optional file to output the JSON strings of the objects. By default, it will be printed out to stdout

Default: -

Arguments

MATERIAL_IDS¶: Optional argument(s)

opaque-construction-by-id¶

Get an opaque construction definition from the standards lib with its identifier.

Args:

construction_id: The identifier of an opaque construction in the library.

honeybee-energy lib opaque-construction-by-id [OPTIONS] CONSTRUCTION_ID

Options

--complete, -a, --abridged¶: Flag to note whether an abridged definition should be returned.

-f, --output-file <output_file>¶

Optional file to output the JSON string of the object. By default, it will be printed out to stdout

Default: -

Arguments

CONSTRUCTION_ID¶: Required argument

opaque-constructions¶

Get a list of all opaque constructions in the standards library.

honeybee-energy lib opaque-constructions [OPTIONS]

Options

-f, --output-file <output_file>¶

Optional file to output the JSON string of the object. By default, it will be printed out to stdout

Default: -

opaque-material-by-id¶

Get an opaque material definition from the standards lib with its identifier.

Args:

material_id: The identifier of an opaque material in the library.

honeybee-energy lib opaque-material-by-id [OPTIONS] MATERIAL_ID

Options

-f, --output-file <output_file>¶

Optional file to output the JSON string of the object. By default, it will be printed out to stdout

Default: -

Arguments

MATERIAL_ID¶: Required argument

opaque-materials¶

Get a list of all opaque materials in the standards library.

honeybee-energy lib opaque-materials [OPTIONS]

Options

-f, --output-file <output_file>¶

Optional file to output the JSON string of the object. By default, it will be printed out to stdout

Default: -

program-type-by-id¶

Get a program type definition from the standards lib with its identifier.

Args:

program_type_id: The identifier of a program type in the library.

honeybee-energy lib program-type-by-id [OPTIONS] PROGRAM_TYPE_ID

Options

--complete, -a, --abridged¶

Flag to note whether an abridged definition should be returned.

Default: True

-f, --output-file <output_file>¶

Optional file to output the JSON string of the object. By default, it will be printed out to stdout

Default: -

Arguments

PROGRAM_TYPE_ID¶: Required argument

program-types¶

Get a list of all program_types in the standards library.

honeybee-energy lib program-types [OPTIONS]

Options

-f, --output-file <output_file>¶

Optional file to output the JSON string of the object. By default, it will be printed out to stdout

Default: -

program-types-by-id¶

Get several program type definitions from the standards lib at once.

Args:

program_type_ids: Any number of program type identifiers to be retrieved

from the library.

honeybee-energy lib program-types-by-id [OPTIONS] [PROGRAM_TYPE_IDS]...

Options

--complete, -a, --abridged¶

Flag to note whether an abridged definition should be returned.

Default: True

-f, --output-file <output_file>¶

Optional file to output the JSON strings of the objects. By default, it will be printed out to stdout

Default: -

Arguments

PROGRAM_TYPE_IDS¶: Optional argument(s)

purge¶

Purge the library of all user energy standards that it contains.

This is useful when a user’s standard library has become filled with duplicated objects or the user wishes to start fresh by re-exporting updated objects.

honeybee-energy lib purge [OPTIONS]

Options

-s, --standards-folder <standards_folder>¶: A directory containing sub-folders of resource objects (constructions, constructionsets, schedules, programtypes) to be purged of files. If unspecified, the current user honeybee default standards folder will be used.

--json-only, -a, --all¶

Flag to note whether only JSON files should be purged from the library or all files should be purged, including IDF files. Given that all objects added to the library through the add command will always be JSON, only purging the JSONs is useful when one wishes to clear these objects while preserving objects that originated from other sources.

Default: True

--backup, -xb, --no-backup¶

Flag to note whether a backup .zip file of the user standards library should be made before the purging operation. This is done by default in case the user ever wants to recover their old standards but can be turned off if a backup is not desired.

Default: True

-log, --log-file <log_file>¶

Optional file to output a log of the purging process. By default this will be printed out to stdout

Default: -

schedule-by-id¶

Get a schedule definition from the standards lib with its identifier.

Args:

schedule_id: The identifier of a schedule in the library.

honeybee-energy lib schedule-by-id [OPTIONS] SCHEDULE_ID

Options

--complete, -a, --abridged¶

Flag to note whether an abridged definition should be returned.

Default: True

-f, --output-file <output_file>¶

Optional file to output the JSON string of the object. By default, it will be printed out to stdout

Default: -

Arguments

SCHEDULE_ID¶: Required argument

schedule-type-limit-by-id¶

Get a schedule type limit definition from the standards lib with its identifier.

Args:

schedule_type_limit_id: The identifier of a schedule type limit in the library.

honeybee-energy lib schedule-type-limit-by-id [OPTIONS] SCHEDULE_TYPE_LIMIT_ID

Options

-f, --output-file <output_file>¶

Optional file to output the JSON string of the object. By default, it will be printed out to stdout

Default: -

Arguments

SCHEDULE_TYPE_LIMIT_ID¶: Required argument

schedule-type-limits¶

Get a list of all schedule type limits in the standards library.

honeybee-energy lib schedule-type-limits [OPTIONS]

Options

-f, --output-file <output_file>¶

Optional file to output the JSON string of the object. By default, it will be printed out to stdout

Default: -

schedule-type-limits-by-id¶

Get several schedule type limit definitions from the standards lib at once.

Args:

schedule_type_limit_ids: Any number of schedule type limit identifiers to be

retrieved from the library.

honeybee-energy lib schedule-type-limits-by-id [OPTIONS]
                                               [SCHEDULE_TYPE_LIMIT_IDS]...

Options

-f, --output-file <output_file>¶

Optional file to output the JSON strings of the objects. By default, it will be printed out to stdout

Default: -

Arguments

SCHEDULE_TYPE_LIMIT_IDS¶: Optional argument(s)

schedules¶

Get a list of all schedules in the standards library.

honeybee-energy lib schedules [OPTIONS]

Options

-f, --output-file <output_file>¶

Optional file to output the JSON string of the object. By default, it will be printed out to stdout

Default: -

schedules-by-id¶

Get several schedule definitions from the standards lib at once.

Args:

schedule_ids: Any number of schedule identifiers to be retrieved from

the library.

honeybee-energy lib schedules-by-id [OPTIONS] [SCHEDULE_IDS]...

Options

--complete, -a, --abridged¶

Flag to note whether an abridged definition should be returned.

Default: True

-f, --output-file <output_file>¶

Optional file to output the JSON strings of the objects. By default, it will be printed out to stdout

Default: -

Arguments

SCHEDULE_IDS¶: Optional argument(s)

shade-construction-by-id¶

Get a shade construction definition from the standards lib with its identifier.

Args:

construction_id: The identifier of a shade construction in the library.

honeybee-energy lib shade-construction-by-id [OPTIONS] CONSTRUCTION_ID

Options

-f, --output-file <output_file>¶

Optional file to output the JSON string of the object. By default, it will be printed out to stdout

Default: -

Arguments

CONSTRUCTION_ID¶: Required argument

shade-constructions¶

Get a list of all shade constructions in the standards library.

honeybee-energy lib shade-constructions [OPTIONS]

Options

-f, --output-file <output_file>¶

Optional file to output the JSON string of the object. By default, it will be printed out to stdout

Default: -

to-model-properties¶

Translate a lib folder of standards to a JSON of honeybee ModelEnergyProperties.

This is useful in workflows where one must import everything within a user’s standards folder and requires all objects to be in a consistent format. All objects in the resulting ModelEnergyProperties will be abridged and duplicated objects in the folder will be removed such that there is only one of each object.

honeybee-energy lib to-model-properties [OPTIONS]

Options

-s, --standards-folder <standards_folder>¶: A directory containing sub-folders of resource objects (constructions, constructionsets, schedules, programtypes) to be loaded as ModelEnergyProperties. Note that this standards folder MUST contain these sub-folders. Each sub-folder can contain JSON files of objects following honeybee schema or IDF files (if appropriate). If unspecified, the current user honeybee default standards folder will be used.

--exclude-abridged, -a, --include-abridged¶

Flag to note whether fully abridged objects in the user standards library should be included in the output file. This is useful when some of the sub-objects contained within the user standards are referenced in another installed standards package that is not a part of the user personal standards library (eg. honeybee-energy-standards). When abridged objects are excluded, only objects that contain all sub-objects within the user library will be in the output-file.

Default: True

-f, --output-file <output_file>¶

Optional JSON file to output the JSON string of the translation. By default this will be printed out to stdout

Default: -

window-construction-by-id¶

Get a window construction definition from the standards lib with its identifier.

Args:

construction_id: The identifier of a window construction in the library.

honeybee-energy lib window-construction-by-id [OPTIONS] CONSTRUCTION_ID

Options

--complete, -a, --abridged¶: Flag to note whether an abridged definition should be returned.

-f, --output-file <output_file>¶

Optional file to output the JSON string of the object. By default, it will be printed out to stdout

Default: -

Arguments

CONSTRUCTION_ID¶: Required argument

window-constructions¶

Get a list of all window constructions in the standards library.

honeybee-energy lib window-constructions [OPTIONS]

Options

-f, --output-file <output_file>¶

Optional file to output the JSON string of the object. By default, it will be printed out to stdout

Default: -

window-material-by-id¶

Get a window material definition from the standards lib with its identifier.

Args:

material_id: The identifier of an window material in the library.

honeybee-energy lib window-material-by-id [OPTIONS] MATERIAL_ID

Options

-f, --output-file <output_file>¶

Optional file to output the JSON string of the object. By default, it will be printed out to stdout

Default: -

Arguments

MATERIAL_ID¶: Required argument

window-materials¶

Get a list of all window materials in the standards library.

honeybee-energy lib window-materials [OPTIONS]

Options

-f, --output-file <output_file>¶

Optional file to output the JSON string of the object. By default, it will be printed out to stdout

Default: -