honeybee_energy.hvac.heatcool.fcu module¶

Fan Coil Unit (FCU) heating/cooling system (with no ventilation).

class honeybee_energy.hvac.heatcool.fcu.FCU(identifier, vintage='ASHRAE_2019', equipment_type=None)[source]¶

Bases: _HeatCoolBase

Fan Coil Unit (FCU) heating/cooling system (with no ventilation).

Each room/zone receives its own Fan Coil Unit (FCU), which meets the heating and cooling loads of the space. The cooling coil in the FCU is always chilled water cooling coil, which is connected to a chilled water loop operating at 6.7C (44F). The heating coil is a hot water coil except when when electric baseboards or gas heaters are specified. Hot water temperature is 82C (180F) for boiler/district heating and 49C (120F) when ASHP is used.

Parameters

identifier – Text string for system identifier. Must be < 100 characters and not contain any EnergyPlus special characters. This will be used to identify the object across a model and in the exported IDF.
vintage –
Text for the vintage of the template system. This will be used to set efficiencies for various pieces of equipment within the system. Choose from the following.
- DOE_Ref_Pre_1980
- DOE_Ref_1980_2004
- ASHRAE_2004
- ASHRAE_2007
- ASHRAE_2010
- ASHRAE_2013
- ASHRAE_2016
- ASHRAE_2019
equipment_type –
Text for the specific type of the system and equipment. (Default: the first option below) Choose from.
- FCU_Chiller_Boiler
- FCU_Chiller_ASHP
- FCU_Chiller_DHW
- FCU_Chiller_ElectricBaseboard
- FCU_Chiller_GasHeaters
- FCU_Chiller
- FCU_ACChiller_Boiler
- FCU_ACChiller_ASHP
- FCU_ACChiller_DHW
- FCU_ACChiller_ElectricBaseboard
- FCU_ACChiller_GasHeaters
- FCU_ACChiller
- FCU_DCW_Boiler
- FCU_DCW_ASHP
- FCU_DCW_DHW
- FCU_DCW_ElectricBaseboard
- FCU_DCW_GasHeaters
- FCU_DCW

Properties:

identifier
display_name
vintage
equipment_type
schedules
has_district_heating
has_district_cooling
user_data
properties

ToString()¶: Overwrite .NET ToString.

duplicate()¶: Get a copy of this object.

classmethod from_dict(data)¶

Create a HVAC object from a dictionary.

Parameters: data – A HeatCool dictionary in following the format below.

{
"type": "",  # text for the class name of the HVAC
"identifier": "Classroom1_System",  # identifier for the HVAC
"display_name": "Standard System",  # name for the HVAC
"vintage": "ASHRAE_2019",  # text for the vintage of the template
"equipment_type": "",  # text for the HVAC equipment type
"properties": { ... } # HeatCoolSystemProperties as a dict
}

classmethod from_dict_abridged(data, schedule_dict)¶

Create a HVAC object from an abridged dictionary.

Parameters

data – A HeatCool abridged dictionary in following the format below.
schedule_dict – A dictionary with schedule identifiers as keys and honeybee schedule objects as values (either ScheduleRuleset or ScheduleFixedInterval). These will be used to assign the schedules to the Setpoint object.

{
"type": "",  # text for the class name of the HVAC
"identifier": "Classroom1_System",  # identifier for the HVAC
"display_name": "Standard System",  # name for the HVAC
"vintage": "ASHRAE_2019",  # text for the vintage of the template
"equipment_type": "",  # text for the HVAC equipment type
"properties": { ... } # dict of the HeatCoolSystemProperties
}

lock()¶

to_dict(abridged=False)¶

HeatCool system dictionary representation.

Parameters: abridged – Boolean to note whether the full dictionary describing the object should be returned (False) or just an abridged version (True). This input currently has no effect but may eventually have one if schedule-type properties are exposed on this template.

to_ideal_air_equivalent()¶: Get a version of this HVAC as an IdealAirSystem.

unlock()¶

COOL_ONLY_TYPES = ('EvapCoolers', 'FCU_Chiller', 'FCU_ACChiller', 'FCU_DCW', 'ResidentialAC', 'WindowAC')¶

EQUIPMENT_TYPES = ('FCU_Chiller_Boiler', 'FCU_Chiller_ASHP', 'FCU_Chiller_DHW', 'FCU_Chiller_ElectricBaseboard', 'FCU_Chiller_GasHeaters', 'FCU_Chiller', 'FCU_ACChiller_Boiler', 'FCU_ACChiller_ASHP', 'FCU_ACChiller_DHW', 'FCU_ACChiller_ElectricBaseboard', 'FCU_ACChiller_GasHeaters', 'FCU_ACChiller', 'FCU_DCW_Boiler', 'FCU_DCW_ASHP', 'FCU_DCW_DHW', 'FCU_DCW_ElectricBaseboard', 'FCU_DCW_GasHeaters', 'FCU_DCW')¶

HEAT_ONLY_TYPES = ('ElectricBaseboard', 'BoilerBaseboard', 'ASHPBaseboard', 'DHWBaseboard', 'GasHeaters', 'ResidentialHPNoCool', 'ResidentialFurnace')¶

VINTAGES = ('DOE_Ref_Pre_1980', 'DOE_Ref_1980_2004', 'ASHRAE_2004', 'ASHRAE_2007', 'ASHRAE_2010', 'ASHRAE_2013', 'ASHRAE_2016', 'ASHRAE_2019')¶

property display_name¶

Get or set a string for the object name without any character restrictions.

If not set, this will be equal to the identifier.

property equipment_type¶

Get or set text for the system’s equipment specification.

For example, ‘VAV chiller with gas boiler reheat’.

property has_district_cooling¶: Get a boolean for whether the HVAC system has district cooling.

property has_district_heating¶: Get a boolean for whether the HVAC system has district heating.

property identifier¶: Get or set the text string for HVAC system identifier.

property properties¶: Get properties for extensions.

property schedules¶

Get an array of all the schedules associated with the HVAC system.

This property should be overwritten in each of the classes inheriting from the HVACSystem base class since each HVAC system is likely to have it’s own unique places where schedules are assigned. At a minimum, this property should return heating/cooling availability schedules.

property user_data¶

Get or set an optional dictionary for additional meta data for this object.

This will be None until it has been set. All keys and values of this dictionary should be of a standard Python type to ensure correct serialization of the object to/from JSON (eg. str, float, int, list, dict)

property vintage¶

Get or set text to indicate the vintage of the template system.

Choose from the following options:

DOE_Ref_Pre_1980
DOE_Ref_1980_2004
ASHRAE_2004
ASHRAE_2007
ASHRAE_2010
ASHRAE_2013
ASHRAE_2016
ASHRAE_2019