openph-demand 0.4.0

OpenPH Demand - Energy demand calculations for Passive House

OpenPH-Demand

Energy demand calculations for Passive House (PHPP)

Part of the openph UV workspace - implements PHPP energy demand calculations with exact numerical fidelity to Excel PHPP.

Purpose

OpenPH-Demand calculates:

• Annual Heating Demand: Transmission and ventilation heat losses, internal/solar gains
• Annual Cooling Demand: Solar gains, internal gains, cooling strategies
• Solar Radiation: Window and opaque surface solar radiation for heating/cooling periods
• Ground Heat Transfer: Temperature calculations for ground-coupled surfaces
• Peak Heating/Cooling Loads: Design load calculations

Structure

openph-demand/
├── src/
│   └── openph_demand/
│       ├── heating_demand/      # Heating demand calculations
│       ├── cooling_demand/      # Cooling demand calculations
│       ├── ground/              # Ground heat transfer
│       ├── solar/               # Solar radiation calculations
│       ├── to_table/            # Table view renderers
│       ├── get_solvers.py       # Type-safe solver accessors
│       └── solvers.py           # Solver classes (Energy, Ground, Solar)
├── tests/
└── pyproject.toml

Usage

from openph.phpp import OpPhPHPP
from openph_demand.get_solvers import (
    get_openph_energy_demand_solver,
    get_openph_ground_solver,
    get_openph_solar_solver,
)

# Create PHPP model
phpp = OpPhPHPP()

# Get solvers (registered via entry points)
energy_solver = get_openph_energy_demand_solver(phpp)
ground_solver = get_openph_ground_solver(phpp)
solar_solver = get_openph_solar_solver(phpp)

# Access demand calculations
heating_demand = energy_solver.heating_demand
cooling_demand = energy_solver.cooling_demand

# Get results
annual_heating_kwh_m2 = heating_demand.total_annual_demand_kwh_m2
annual_cooling_kwh_m2 = cooling_demand.annual_demand_kwh_m2
ground_temps = ground_solver.periods
solar_radiation = solar_solver.annual_demand

Registered Solvers

This package registers three solver plugins with OpenPH:

• energy_demand → OpPhEnergyDemandSolver (heating + cooling)
• ground → OpPhGroundSolver (ground heat transfer)
• solar_radiation → OpPhSolarRadiationSolver (solar gains)

Development

Part of UV workspace - see root context/ENVIRONMENT.md:

uv sync                           # Install all workspace packages
uv run pytest openph-demand/tests/ # Run tests