Added Roof Vegatation to OpenStudio

src/Honeybee_Export To OpenStudio.py

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 
 ghenv.Component.Name = "Honeybee_Export To OpenStudio"
 ghenv.Component.NickName = 'exportToOpenStudio'
-ghenv.Component.Message = 'VER 0.0.61\nAPR_25_2017'
+ghenv.Component.Message = 'VER 0.0.61\nMAY_06_2017'
 ghenv.Component.IconDisplayMode = ghenv.Component.IconDisplayMode.application
 ghenv.Component.Category = "Honeybee"
 ghenv.Component.SubCategory = "10 | Energy | Energy"
@@ -2889,6 +2889,52 @@ def createOSNoMassMaterial(self, HBMaterialName, values, model):
 
         return nomassMaterial
 
+    def createOSVegetationMaterial(self, HBMaterialName, values, model):
+        """
+        Material:NoMass
+        ['Height of Plants {m}', 'Leaf Area Index {dimensionless}', 'Leaf Reflectivity {dimensionless}', 'Leaf Emissivity', 'Minimum Stomatal Resistance {s/m}', 'Soil Layer Name', 'Roughness', 'Thickness {m}', 'Conductivity of Dry Soil {W/m-K}', 'Density of Dry Soil {kg/m3}', 'Specific Heat of Dry Soil {J/kg-K}', 'Thermal Absorptance', 'Solar Absorptance', 'Visible Absorptance', 'Saturation Volumetric Moisture Content of the Soil Layer', 'Residual Volumetric Moisture Content of the Soil Layer', 'Initial Volumetric Moisture Content of the Soil Layer', 'Moisture Diffusion Calculation Method']
+        """
+        vegMaterial = ops.RoofVegetation(model)
+        vegMaterial.setName(HBMaterialName)
+
+        plantHeight = values[0]
+        lai = float(values[1])
+        lf = float(values[2])
+        le = float(values[3])
+        stomatalResis = float(values[4])
+        soilLayer = values[5]
+        roughness = values[6]
+        thickness = float(values[7])
+        conductivity = float(values[8])
+        density = float(values[9])
+        thermalAbsorptance = float(values[10])
+        solarAbsorptance = float(values[11])
+        visibleAbsorptance = float(values[12])
+        saturationVolumetricMoisture = float(values[13])
+        residualVolumetricMoisture = float(values[14])
+        initialVolumetricMoisture = float(values[15])
+        moistureDiffusionMethod = values[16]
+
+        vegMaterial.setString(2, plantHeight)
+        vegMaterial.setLeafAreaIndex(lai)
+        vegMaterial.setLeafReflectivity(lf)
+        vegMaterial.setLeafEmissivity(le)
+        vegMaterial.setMinimumStomatalResistance(stomatalResis)
+        vegMaterial.setSoilLayerName(soilLayer)
+        vegMaterial.setRoughness(roughness)
+        vegMaterial.setThickness(thickness)
+        vegMaterial.setConductivityofDrySoil(conductivity)
+        vegMaterial.setDensityofDrySoil(density)
+        vegMaterial.setThermalAbsorptance(thermalAbsorptance)
+        vegMaterial.setSolarAbsorptance(solarAbsorptance)
+        vegMaterial.setVisibleAbsorptance(visibleAbsorptance)
+        vegMaterial.setSaturationVolumetricMoistureContentoftheSoilLayer(saturationVolumetricMoisture)
+        vegMaterial.setResidualVolumetricMoistureContentoftheSoilLayer(residualVolumetricMoisture)
+        vegMaterial.setInitialVolumetricMoistureContentoftheSoilLayer(initialVolumetricMoisture)
+        vegMaterial.setMoistureDiffusionCalculationMethod(moistureDiffusionMethod)
+
+        return vegMaterial
+
     def createOSWindowGasMaterial(self, HBMaterialName, values, model):
         """
         WindowMaterial:Gas
@@ -3027,6 +3073,9 @@ def getOSMaterial(self, HBMaterialName, model):
         elif values[0].lower() == "material:nomass":
             return self.createOSNoMassMaterial(HBMaterialName, values[1:], model)
 
+        elif values[0].lower() == "material:roofvegetation":
+            return self.createOSVegetationMaterial(HBMaterialName, values[1:], model)
+
         elif values[0].lower() == "material:airgap":
             return self.createOSAirGap(HBMaterialName, values[1:], model)
 

src/Honeybee_Honeybee.py

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 
 ghenv.Component.Name = "Honeybee_Honeybee"
 ghenv.Component.NickName = 'Honeybee'
-ghenv.Component.Message = 'VER 0.0.61\nAPR_25_2017'
+ghenv.Component.Message = 'VER 0.0.61\nMAY_06_2017'
 ghenv.Component.IconDisplayMode = ghenv.Component.IconDisplayMode.icon
 ghenv.Component.Category = "Honeybee"
 ghenv.Component.SubCategory = "00 | Honeybee"
@@ -3625,12 +3625,17 @@ def calcEPMaterialUValue(self, materialObj, GHComponent = None):
         elif materialType.lower() == "material:nomass":
             # Material:NoMass is defined by R-Value and not U-Value
             UValueSI = 1 / float(materialObj[2][0])
-            
+
         elif materialType.lower() == "material":
             thickness = float(materialObj[2][0])
             conductivity = float(materialObj[3][0])
             UValueSI = conductivity/thickness
 
+        elif materialType.lower() == "material:roofvegetation":
+            thickness = float(materialObj[8][0])
+            conductivity = float(materialObj[9][0])
+            UValueSI = conductivity/thickness
+
         elif materialType.lower() == "material:airgap":
             UValueSI = 1 / float(materialObj[1][0])