tdmat 0.1.0

Thermal Demand Model Adapted from Tabula

tdmat

What does "tdmat" stand for?

"tdmat" stands for Thermal Demand Model Adapted from Tabula.

What is it?

tdmat is a non-GUI tool that implements a simple thermal demand prediction model for european residential buildings.
tdmat follows an approach similar to the one of the Tabula-Episcope research project ^1. It covers the space heating and space cooling demands and presents additional tools regarding domestic hot water demand. Load profiles follow an hourly time step.

How does it work?

The typical procedure is as follow:

1. tdmat reads buildings properties from the Tabula-Episcope database ^2. Data is stored locally, no internet connection needed.

2. tdmat computes solar, transmission and ventilation contributions based on indoor setpoint temperature and weather data
3. tdmat put contributions together to create hourly profile of thermal demands

Installation notes

The packaged version of tamosis available on PyPi. Please run: pip install tamos

Where is the project hosted?

Sources are managed on GitHub: https://github.com/BNerot/tdmat

Is it difficult to use?

Please follow the example in examples as a quick start guide. You can also find a web version of the documentation in docs/build/html. Once this directory is downloaded, please open 'index.html'.

Copyright

The code is distributed under an Apache-2.0 license. Most of the development work was done in the context of a PhD thesis. This thesis was funded by two French institutions:

• Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique: https://www.cea.fr/english
• Agence de la transition écologique: https://www.ademe.fr/en/frontpage/