PHX (Passive House Exchange):

The Passive House Exchange (PHX) package enables users to move building model data into and out of the Passive House energy modeling software platforms (PHPP or WUFI-Passive).

PHX is a converter which accepts HBJSON files, converts all the data into 'PH-Style', and then manages the data-input to the proprietary PH-Calculators like PHPP and WUFI-Passive. PHX 'models' are not written directly, but instead created based on a 'source' file like a HBJSON.

PHX itself does not have serialization / deserialization, and is not intended to be stored or written directly: it is an in-memory-only model which is created as a middle-step when moving the building data from the source (usually a HBJSON file) to the destination (PHPP, WUFI-Passive).

This library is designed to be used as part of the Honeybee-PH plugin workflow, or other similar tools which require interfacing with the Passive House modeling platforms.

Packages:

• from_HBJSON: Modules used to create a new PHX model from an existing HBJSON file which has been created using the Honeybee-PH plugin.

• from_WUFI_XML: Modules used to create a new PHX model from an existing WUFI-Passive XML file.

• from_PHPP: Modules used to create a new PHX model from an existing PHPP file.'

• model: The PHX model classes and structures. These objects are designed to be built by one of the 'from_*' libraries above.

• to_PHPP: Libraries to allow for the export of PHX data to a PHPP Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.

• to_WUFI_XML: Libraries to allow for the export of a WUFI-Passive XML file with all of the PHX model data. This XML file can then be opened from within the WUFI-Passive application.

More Information:

For more information on the use of these tools, check out the the Passive House Tools website: http://www.PassiveHouseTools.com