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00 | Honeybee


01 \| Daylight \| Material


02 \| Daylight \| Light Source


03 \| Daylight \| Recipes

04 | Daylight | Daylight


05 \| Energy \| Building Program


06 \| Energy \| Material \| Construction


07 \| Energy \| Schedule


08 \| Energy \| Set Zone Properties


09 \| Energy \| HVACSystems

10 | Energy | Energy


11 \| THERM

12 | Developers


13 \| WIP

Run Energy Simulation

Use this component to export HBZones into an IDF file, and run them through EnergyPlus.
The component outputs the report from the simulation, the file path of the IDF file, and the CSV result file from the EnergyPlus run.

Inputs

Name	ID	Description	Type
North	north_	Input a vector to be used as a true North direction for the energy simulation or a number between 0 and 360 that represents the degrees off from the y-axis to make North. The default North direction is set to the Y-axis (0 degrees).	Goo
Epw File	_epwFile	An .epw file path on your system as a text string.	Goo
Analysis Period	_analysisPeriod_	An optional analysis period from the Ladybug_Analysis Period component. If no Analysis period is given, the energy simulation will be run for the enitre year.	Goo
Energy Sim Par	_energySimPar_	Optional Energy Simulation Parameters from the "Honeybee_Energy Simulation Par" component. If no value is connected here, the simulation will run with the following parameters: 1 - 6 timeSteps per hour 2 - A shadow calculation that averages over multiple days (as opposed to running it for each timeStep) 3 - A shadow calculation frequency of 30 (meaning that the shadow calulation is averaged over every 30 days) 4 - A maximum of 3000 points used in the shadow calculation. (This may need to be higher if you have a lot of detailed context geometry) 5 - An colar energy calculation that includes both interior and exterior light reflections. 6 - A simulation including a zone sizing calculation, a system sizing calculation, a plat sizing calculation, and a full run of the energy use ofver the analysis period. The simulation is not run for the sizing period by default. 7 - A system sizing period that runs from the extreme periods of the weather file and not a ddy file. 8 - City terrian.	Goo
+++++++++++++++	+++++++++++++++	...	Goo
HBZones	_HBZones	The HBZones that you wish to write into an IDF and/or run through EnergyPlus. These can be from any of the components that output HBZones.	Goo
HBContext	HBContext_	Optional HBContext geometry from the "Honeybee_EP Context Surfaces." component or Honeybee PV gen component.	Goo
HBGenerators	HBGenerators_	Connect the output HBGeneratorSystem from the Honeybee_generationsystem component here to model EnergyPlus Photovoltaic and Wind generator systems in this simulation.	Goo
Simulation Outputs	simulationOutputs_	A list of the outputs that you would like EnergyPlus to write into the result CSV file. This can be any set of any outputs that you would like from EnergyPlus, writen as a list of text that will be written into the IDF. It is recommended that, if you are not expereinced with writing EnergyPlus outputs, you should use the "Honeybee_Write EP Result Parameters" component to request certain types of common outputs. If no value is input here, this component will automatically request outputs of heating, cooling, lighting, and equipment energy use.	Goo
Additional Strings	additionalStrings_	THIS OPTION IS JUST FOR ADVANCED USERS OF ENERGYPLUS. You can input additional text strings here that you would like written into the IDF. The strings input here should be complete EnergyPlus objects that are correctly formatted. You can input as many objects as you like in a list. This input can be used to write objects into the IDF that are not currently supported by Honeybee.	Goo
+++++++++++++++	+++++++++++++++	Script input +++++++++++++++.	Goo
Write Idf	_writeIdf	Set to "True" to have the component take your HBZones and other inputs and write them into an IDF file. The file path of the resulting file will appear in the idfFileAddress output of this component. Note that only setting this to "True" and not setting the output below to "True" will not automatically run the IDF through EnergyPlus for you.	Goo
Run Energy Plus	runEnergyPlus_	Set to "True" to have the component run your IDF through EnergyPlus once it has finished writing it. This will ensure that a CSV result file appears in the resultFileAddress output. Set to 2 if you want the analysis to run in background. This option is useful for parametric runs when you don't want to see command shells.	Goo
Working Dir	_workingDir_	An optional working directory to a folder on your system, into which your IDF and result files will be written. NOTE THAT DIRECTORIES INPUT HERE SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY SPACES OR UNDERSCORES IN THE FILE PATH.	Goo
Idf File Name	_idfFileName_	Optional text which will be used to name your IDF and result files. Change this to aviod over-writing results of previous energy simulations.	Goo

Outputs

Name	ID	Description	Type
Out	readMe!	Check here to see a report of the EnergyPlus run, including errors.	String
Idf File Address	idfFileAddress	The file path of the IDF file that has been generated on your machine.	Goo
Result File Address	resultFileAddress	The file path of the CSV result file that has been generated on your machine. This only happens when you set "runEnergyPlus_" to "True."	Goo
Eio File Address	eioFileAddress	The file path of the EIO file that has been generated on your machine. This file contains information about the sizes of all HVAC equipment from the simulation.	Goo
Rdd File Address	rddFileAddress	Script variable runEnergySimulation	Goo
Html Report	htmlReport	Script variable runEnergySimulation	Goo
Study Folder	studyFolder	The directory in which the simulation has been run. Connect this to the 'Honeybee_Lookup EnergyPlus' folder to bring many of the files in this directory into Grasshopper.	Goo