building-envelope-data · christoph-maurer · Sep 3, 2025 · Mar 17, 2025 · Mar 17, 2025 · Mar 17, 2025
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -51,6 +51,19 @@
     "Colour",
     "Hanek",
     "Santamouris",
+    "pywincalc",
+    "THMX",
+    "opticalc",
+    "clearlite",
+    "planibel",
+    "deconstructable",
+    "photopic",
+    "IGSDB",
+    "igsdb",
+    "IGDB",
+    "igdb",
+    "CGDB",
+    "cgdb",
     "AERC",
     "ASHRAE",
     "ASTM",
@@ -81,9 +94,11 @@
     "POSIX",
     "Retrolux",
     "Revit",
+    "revit",
     "Riba",
     "SHGC",
     "SPARQL",
+    "sparql",
     "Soleil",
     "Subtag",
     "UNECE",

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ and this project adheres to
 - Upgrade development packages to latest versions [#285](https://github.com/building-envelope-data/api/pull/285)
 - Use JSON Schema Draft 2020-12 and upgrade tooling [#307](https://github.com/building-envelope-data/api/pull/307)
 - Simplify the structure of optical datasets [#354](https://github.com/building-envelope-data/api/pull/354)
--
+- Extend BED-JSON to include everything from LBNL-JSON [#352](https://github.com/building-envelope-data/api/pull/352)
 -
 -
 -

diff --git a/docs/diagrams/src/opticalData/opticalDataPointSchema.plantuml b/docs/diagrams/src/opticalData/opticalDataPointSchema.plantuml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
           ,
           "":
           {
-            "Circular polarization": ["leftHanded", "rightHanded"]
+            "circular polarization": ["leftHanded", "rightHanded"]
           }
 
         }
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
               "illuminant":  ["A", "D65"]
             },
           "colorRenderingIndices": {
-              "Ra": { "number": "numberBetweenZeroAndOneHundredWithUncertainty"},
+              "ra": { "number": "numberBetweenZeroAndOneHundredWithUncertainty"},
               "observer":  ["twoDegrees", "tenDegrees"],
               "illuminant":  ["A", "D65"]
             }

diff --git a/docs/diagrams/src/opticalData/opticalDataPointSchematicDrawing.plantuml b/docs/diagrams/src/opticalData/opticalDataPointSchematicDrawing.plantuml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
       ,
       "":
       {
-        "Circular polarization": ["leftHanded", "rightHanded"]
+        "circular polarization": ["leftHanded", "rightHanded"]
       }
 
     }
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
           "illuminant":  ["A", "D65"]
         },
       "colorRenderingIndices": {
-          "Ra": "numberBetweenZeroAndOneHundredWithUncertainty",
+          "ra": "numberBetweenZeroAndOneHundredWithUncertainty",
           "observer":  ["twoDegrees", "tenDegrees"],
           "illuminant":  ["A", "D65"]
         }

diff --git a/examples/dbe/allDomains/semitransparentBuildingIntegratedPhotovoltaicThermal.json b/examples/dbe/allDomains/semitransparentBuildingIntegratedPhotovoltaicThermal.json
@@ -182,15 +182,15 @@
                     "angleDependency": [
                       {
                         "incidence": 0,
-                        "IAM": 1
+                        "incidenceAngleModifier": 1
                       },
                       {
                         "incidence": 60,
-                        "IAM": 0.924
+                        "incidenceAngleModifier": 0.924
                       },
                       {
                         "incidence": 90,
-                        "IAM": 0
+                        "incidenceAngleModifier": 0
                       }
                     ]
                   },

diff --git a/examples/dbe/optical/ColorRenderingIndexCIELAB.json b/examples/dbe/optical/ColorRenderingIndexCIELAB.json
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@
                         "colorTransmittance": {
                           "colorRenderingIndices": [
                             {
-                              "Ra": 97,
+                              "ra": 97,
                               "observer": "twoDegrees",
                               "illuminant": "D65"
                             },
                             {
-                              "Raout-in": 95,
+                              "raOutIn": 95,
                               "observer": "tenDegrees",
                               "illuminant": "A"
                             }

diff --git a/examples/dbe/photovoltaic/bipvInverterBuildingNatIse.json b/examples/dbe/photovoltaic/bipvInverterBuildingNatIse.json
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
                 },
                 "safety": {
                   "electric": {
-                    "IPcode": [
+                    "ipCode": [
                       {
                         "standard": ["EN IEC 60529"],
                         "firstDigit": "6",
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
                 },
                 "efficiencies": {
                   "maximum": 0.961,
-                  "European": 0.954
+                  "european": 0.954
                 }
               }
             }

diff --git a/examples/dbe/photovoltaic/bipvModuleBuildingNatIse.json b/examples/dbe/photovoltaic/bipvModuleBuildingNatIse.json
@@ -138,15 +138,15 @@
                     "angleDependency": [
                       {
                         "incidence": 0,
-                        "IAM": 1
+                        "incidenceAngleModifier": 1
                       },
                       {
                         "incidence": 60,
-                        "IAM": 0.924
+                        "incidenceAngleModifier": 0.924
                       },
                       {
                         "incidence": 90,
-                        "IAM": 0
+                        "incidenceAngleModifier": 0
                       }
                     ]
                   },

diff --git a/examples/dbe/photovoltaic/bipvModuleSunovationGlazingUnit.json b/examples/dbe/photovoltaic/bipvModuleSunovationGlazingUnit.json
@@ -119,15 +119,15 @@
                     "angleDependency": [
                       {
                         "incidence": 0,
-                        "IAM": 1
+                        "incidenceAngleModifier": 1
                       },
                       {
                         "incidence": 60,
-                        "IAM": 0.924
+                        "incidenceAngleModifier": 0.924
                       },
                       {
                         "incidence": 90,
-                        "IAM": 0
+                        "incidenceAngleModifier": 0
                       }
                     ]
                   },

diff --git a/examples/dbe/photovoltaic/bipvModuleSunovationUnit.json b/examples/dbe/photovoltaic/bipvModuleSunovationUnit.json
@@ -92,15 +92,15 @@
                     "angleDependency": [
                       {
                         "incidence": 0,
-                        "IAM": 1
+                        "incidenceAngleModifier": 1
                       },
                       {
                         "incidence": 60,
-                        "IAM": 0.924
+                        "incidenceAngleModifier": 0.924
                       },
                       {
                         "incidence": 90,
-                        "IAM": 0
+                        "incidenceAngleModifier": 0
                       }
                     ]
                   },

diff --git a/examples/dbe/photovoltaic/photovoltaicWithOptical.json b/examples/dbe/photovoltaic/photovoltaicWithOptical.json
@@ -238,15 +238,15 @@
                     "angleDependency": [
                       {
                         "incidence": 0,
-                        "IAM": 1
+                        "incidenceAngleModifier": 1
                       },
                       {
                         "incidence": 60,
-                        "IAM": 0.924
+                        "incidenceAngleModifier": 0.924
                       },
                       {
                         "incidence": 90,
-                        "IAM": 0
+                        "incidenceAngleModifier": 0
                       }
                     ]
                   },

diff --git a/examples/dsb/simpleBuildingExample.json b/examples/dsb/simpleBuildingExample.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       "id": "8ca1102b-264a-4023-8351-5897ec38e388",
       "name": "The name of the building.",
       "description": "A simple example for data about a building.",
-      "IFC": {
+      "ifc": {
         "full": {
           "id": {
             "value": "8ca1102b-264a-4023-8351-5897ec38e388",
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
           "createdAt": "2018-09-01T12:00:00+01:00"
         }
       },
-      "Revit": {
+      "revit": {
         "full": {
           "id": {
             "value": "8ca1102b-264a-4023-8351-5897ec38e388",
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
           "createdAt": "2018-09-01T12:00:00+01:00"
         }
       },
-      "LinkedData": {
-        "SPARQL": {
+      "linkedData": {
+        "sparql": {
           "webAddress": "http://www.owner034.com/kdje102b-264a-4023-8351-5897ec38e388"
         }
       }

diff --git a/schemas/building.json b/schemas/building.json
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
               },
               "minItems": 1
             },
-            "BIMmanager": {
+            "bimManager": {
               "$ref": "stakeholder.json",
               "description": "The BIM manager MUST guarantee the uniqueness of the decentral identifiers. She is responsible for the database of the building at the moment indicated by the timestamp of this data."
             },
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
           "$ref": "common.json#/$defs/approvals",
           "description": "If the dataset for this building has been approved by an institution, this approval is specified here."
         },
-        "IFC": {
+        "ifc": {
           "title": "The data about a building can be stored in the open source format Industry Foundation Classes (IFC).",
           "type": "object",
           "properties": {
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
           "minProperties": 1,
           "required": []
         },
-        "Revit": {
+        "revit": {
           "title": "The data about a building can be stored in the closed source format of Autodesk Revit.",
           "type": "object",
           "properties": {
@@ -250,11 +250,11 @@
           "minProperties": 1,
           "required": []
         },
-        "LinkedData": {
+        "linkedData": {
           "title": "The data about a building can be stored as linked building data.",
           "type": "object",
           "properties": {
-            "SPARQL": {
+            "sparql": {
               "title": "The SPARQL endpoint which can be used to access the data about the building.",
               "type": "object",
               "properties": {

diff --git a/schemas/common.json b/schemas/common.json
@@ -227,17 +227,17 @@
       "title": "The current-voltage characteristic can be important for example for photovoltaics.",
       "type": "object",
       "properties": {
-        "I": {
+        "i": {
           "$ref": "number.json#/$defs/ampere",
           "description": "The electric current in amperes."
         },
-        "V": {
+        "v": {
           "$ref": "number.json#/$defs/volt",
           "description": "The electric potential difference in volts."
         }
       },
       "additionalProperties": false,
-      "required": ["I", "V"]
+      "required": ["i", "v"]
     },
     "approvals": {
       "title": "Institutions can approve data with cryptographic signatures which among other things can be used to ensure integrity and authenticity of data. The same data may be approved by several institutions.",

diff --git a/schemas/number.json b/schemas/number.json
@@ -190,6 +190,39 @@
       "minimum": -180,
       "maximum": 180
     },
+    "integerOrNull": {
+      "title": "Some servers return `null` when they do not have a value",
+      "oneOf": [
+        {
+          "type": "integer"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "null"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "numberOrNull": {
+      "title": "Some servers return `null` when they do not have a value",
+      "oneOf": [
+        {
+          "type": "number"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "null"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "stringOrNull": {
+      "title": "Some servers return `null` when they do not have a value",
+      "oneOf": [
+        {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "null"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
     "meterWithUncertainty": {
       "$ref": "#/$defs/numberWithUncertainty",
       "description": "Meter is the SI unit for length. With this type, the uncertainty can be defined."