stefanpauliuk
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10 months ago Hi @CarrerF Indeed, these materials haven't been considered so far.
I propose to add the following (see curent Master Classification file):
add to Engineering_Materials_m2: glass insulation material
add to Material_Production_i2: production of bricks from clay
So these can now be selected in the config file and existing data can be used! Different type of insulation material (fibre-based, plastic-based, rock wool) can be implemented via their different impacts (MF, GHG, energy consumption in production).
still to be done:
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Add energy requirements and footprints of bricks --> I propose that I do this over the weekend!
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Check the "Other materials" group of the building archetypes. Here, I have an email from Niko that sais that it can be done in principle, and that Kamila knows how to operate the code. The material aggregation settings are listed here: https://github.com/nheeren/BuildME/blob/0e218b5a66d721da1e1e6b3b2d35d67e1fb15c5f/BuildME/settings.py#L553 Glass and insulation are crucial for the buildings energy balance and should be included I think. I'll forward you the email (in German though), and I propose that you take a closer look at it if you wantto focus on these materials!
CarrerF
LolaRousseau
@stefanpauliuk I am not sure if the classification master on Dropbox is the one you used for producing the latest set of results, but we noted that there is a mismatch for some new materials.
Glass and Insulation are listed in Material_Production_i2, but not in Engineering_Materials_m2. We have already collected data in 4_PE_ProcessExtensions_Materials and in 4_EI_ProcessEnergyIntensity, and linked materials to processes in 4_SHA_MaterialsTechnologyShare, so they would be ready to be used.
On the contrary, Bricks are listed in Engineering_Materials_m2, but not in Material_Production_i2, so they are in the stock but do not have any production impact. Data in 4_PE_ProcessExtensions_Materials, 4_EI_ProcessEnergyIntensity and 4_SHA_MaterialsTechnologyShare are also missing.
New non-residential archetypes have non-zero brick intensity, so their contribution is missing.
Also, if I remember correctly, residential archetypes (and maybe non-res too) had some glass and insulation, which were aggregated to Other materials. There is room for refinement here, assigning them in BuildME to their corresponding material class.