Class: AedgSmallToMediumOfficeElectricEquipment

Inherits:
OpenStudio::Measure::ModelMeasure
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/measures/AedgSmallToMediumOfficeElectricEquipment/measure.rb

Overview

start the measure

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#arguments(model) ⇒ Object

define the arguments that the user will input



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# File 'lib/measures/AedgSmallToMediumOfficeElectricEquipment/measure.rb', line 33

def arguments(model)
  args = OpenStudio::Measure::OSArgumentVector.new

  # make an argument for material and installation cost
  material_cost_ip = OpenStudio::Measure::OSArgument.makeDoubleArgument('material_cost_ip', true)
  material_cost_ip.setDisplayName('Material and Installation Costs for Electric Equipment per Floor Area ($/ft^2).')
  material_cost_ip.setDefaultValue(0.0)
  args << material_cost_ip

  return args
end

#name ⇒ Object

define the name that a user will see, this method may be deprecated as the display name in PAT comes from the name field in measure.xml



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# File 'lib/measures/AedgSmallToMediumOfficeElectricEquipment/measure.rb', line 28

def name
  return 'AedgSmallToMediumOfficeElectricEquipment'
end

#run(model, runner, user_arguments) ⇒ Object

define what happens when the measure is run



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# File 'lib/measures/AedgSmallToMediumOfficeElectricEquipment/measure.rb', line 46

def run(model, runner, user_arguments)
  super(model, runner, user_arguments)

  # use the built-in error checking
  if !runner.validateUserArguments(arguments(model), user_arguments)
    return false
  end

  # assign the user inputs to variables
  material_cost_ip = runner.getDoubleArgumentValue('material_cost_ip', user_arguments)

  # prepare rule hash
  rules = [] # target, space type, EPD_ip

  # currently only target is lower energy, but setup hash this way so could add baseline in future
  # climate zone doesn't impact values for EPD in AEDG

  # populate rules hash # todo - find spreadsheet I setup to create multi-space type office and adapt that
  rules << ['LowEnergy', 'BreakRoom', 4.46]
  rules << ['LowEnergy', 'ClosedOffice', 0.64]
  rules << ['LowEnergy', 'Conference', 0.37]
  rules << ['LowEnergy', 'Corridor', 0.16]
  rules << ['LowEnergy', 'IT_Room', 1.56]
  rules << ['LowEnergy', 'Lobby', 0.07]
  rules << ['LowEnergy', 'Elec/MechRoom', 0.07]
  rules << ['LowEnergy', 'OpenOffice', 0.71]
  rules << ['LowEnergy', 'PrintRoom', 2.79]
  rules << ['LowEnergy', 'Restroom', 0.07]
  rules << ['LowEnergy', 'Stair', 0.0]
  rules << ['LowEnergy', 'Storage', 0.0]
  rules << ['LowEnergy', 'Vending', 3.85]

  # make rule hash for cleaner code
  rulesHash = {}
  rules.each do |rule|
    rulesHash["#{rule[0]} #{rule[1]}"] = rule[2]
  end

  # calculate building EPD
  building = model.getBuilding
  initialLpdDisplay = OsLib_HelperMethods.neatConvertWithUnitDisplay(building.electricEquipmentPowerPerFloorArea, 'W/m^2', 'W/ft^2', 1) # can add choices for unit display

  # calculate initial EPD to use later
  equipmentDefs = model.getElectricEquipmentDefinitions
  initialCostForElecEquip = OsLib_HelperMethods.getTotalCostForObjects(equipmentDefs)

  # reporting initial condition of model
  runner.registerInitialCondition("The building started with an EPD #{initialLpdDisplay}.")

  # global variables for costs
  expected_life = 25
  years_until_costs_start = 0

  # loop through space types
  model.getSpaceTypes.each do |spaceType|
    # skip of not used in model
    next if spaceType.spaces.empty?

    # confirm recognized spaceType standards information
    standardsInfo = OsLib_HelperMethods.getSpaceTypeStandardsInformation([spaceType])
    if rulesHash["LowEnergy #{standardsInfo[spaceType][1]}"].nil?
      runner.registerInfo("Couldn't map #{spaceType.name} to a recognized space type used in the AEDG. Electric equipment levels for this SpaceType will not be altered.")
      next
    end

    # get target EPD
    targetEPD = OpenStudio.convert(rulesHash["LowEnergy #{standardsInfo[spaceType][1]}"], 'W/ft^2', 'W/m^2').to_f

    # get initial LPD for space type
    initialSpaceTypeLpd = OsLib_LightingAndEquipment.getEpdForSpaceArray(spaceType.spaces)

    # harvest any hard assigned schedules along with equipment power of elecEquip. If there is no default the use the largest one of these
    oldElecEquip = []
    spaceType.electricEquipment.each do |elecEquip|
      oldElecEquip << elecEquip
    end

    # remove equipment associated directly with spaces
    spaceElecEquipRemoved = false
    spaceElecEquipSchedules = []
    spaceType.spaces.each do |space|
      equipment = space.electricEquipment
      equipment.each do |elecEquip|
        oldElecEquip << elecEquip
        elecEquip.remove
        spaceElecEquipRemoved = true
      end
    end

    # in future versions will use (equipment power)weighted average schedule merge for new schedule
    oldScheduleHash = OsLib_LightingAndEquipment.createHashOfInternalLoadWithHardAssignedSchedules(oldElecEquip)
    oldElecEquip.size == oldScheduleHash.size ? (defaultUsedAtLeastOnce = false) : (defaultUsedAtLeastOnce = true)

    # add new equipment
    spaceType.setElectricEquipmentPowerPerFloorArea(targetEPD)
    newElecEquip = spaceType.electricEquipment[0]
    newElecEquipDef = newElecEquip.electricEquipmentDefinition
    newElecEquipDef.setName("AEDG SmMdOff - #{standardsInfo[spaceType][1]} electric equipment")

    # add cost to equipment
    lcc_equipment = OpenStudio::Model::LifeCycleCost.createLifeCycleCost("lcc_#{newElecEquipDef.name}", newElecEquipDef, material_cost_ip, 'CostPerArea', 'Construction', expected_life, years_until_costs_start)

    # report change
    if !spaceType.electricEquipmentPowerPerFloorArea.empty?
      oldLpdDisplay = OsLib_HelperMethods.neatConvertWithUnitDisplay(initialSpaceTypeLpd, 'W/m^2', 'W/ft^2', 1)
      newLpdDisplay = OsLib_HelperMethods.neatConvertWithUnitDisplay(spaceType.electricEquipmentPowerPerFloorArea.get, 'W/m^2', 'W/ft^2', 1) # can add choices for unit display
      runner.registerInfo("Changing EPD of #{spaceType.name} space type to #{newLpdDisplay} from #{oldLpdDisplay}")
    else
      runner.registerInfo("For some reason no EPD was set for #{spaceType.name} space type.")
    end

    if spaceElecEquipRemoved
      runner.registerInfo("One more more electric equipment objects directly assigned to spaces using #{spaceType.name} were removed. This is to limit EPD to what is added by this measure.")
    end

    # adjust schedules as necessary only hard assign if the default schedule was never used
    if (defaultUsedAtLeastOnce == false) && !oldElecEquip.empty?
      # retrieve hard assigned schedule
      newElecEquip.setSchedule(oldScheduleHash.sort.reverse[0][0]) # todo - see why this is failing. Need to spend some time looking through this closely, maybe
    else
      if newElecEquip.schedule.empty?
        runner.registerWarning("Didn't find an inherited or hard assigned schedule for equipment in #{spaceType.name} or underlying spaces. Please add a schedule before running a simulation.")
      end
    end
  end

  # warn if some spaces didn't have equipment altered at all (this would apply to spaces with space types not mapped)
  model.getSpaces.each do |space|
    next if !space.spaceType.empty?
    runner.registerWarning("#{space.name} doesn't have a space type. Couldn't identify target EPD without a space type. EPD was not altered.")
  end

  # populate AEDG tip keys
  aedgTips = []
  aedgTips.push('PL01', 'PL02', 'PL04', 'PL05', 'PL06')

  # populate how to tip messages
  aedgTipsLong = OsLib_AedgMeasures.getLongHowToTips('SmMdOff', aedgTips.uniq.sort, runner)
  if !aedgTipsLong
    return false # this should only happen if measure writer passes bad values to getLongHowToTips
  end

  # calculate final building EPD
  building = model.getBuilding
  finalLpdDisplay = OsLib_HelperMethods.neatConvertWithUnitDisplay(building.electricEquipmentPowerPerFloorArea, 'W/m^2', 'W/ft^2', 1) # can add choices for unit display

  # calculate final EPD to use later
  equipmentDefs = model.getElectricEquipmentDefinitions
  finalCostForElecEquip = OsLib_HelperMethods.getTotalCostForObjects(equipmentDefs)

  # change in cost
  costRelatedToMeasure = finalCostForElecEquip - initialCostForElecEquip
  costRelatedToMeasureDisplay = OsLib_HelperMethods.neatConvertWithUnitDisplay(costRelatedToMeasure, '$', '$', 0, true, false, false, false) # bools (prefix,suffix,space,parentheses)

  # reporting final condition of model
  if costRelatedToMeasure > 0
    runner.registerFinalCondition("The resulting building has an EPD #{finalLpdDisplay}. Initial capital cost related to this measure is #{costRelatedToMeasureDisplay}. #{aedgTipsLong}")
  else
    runner.registerFinalCondition("The resulting building has an EPD #{finalLpdDisplay}. #{aedgTipsLong}")
  end

  return true
end