pyBuildingEnergy is a freely available, open-source Python library that aims to perform an assessment of building performance in terms of energy and comfort.

The first release allows to assess the energy performance of the building using ISO 52016-1:2017.

The actual calculation methods for the assessment of building performance are

• the (sensible) energy need for heating and cooling, based on hourly or monthly calculations;

• the internal temperature, based on hourly calculations;

• the sensible heating and cooling load, based on hourly calculations.

The tool will be updated with additional modules for a more comprehensive evaluation of performance, assessing ventilation, renewable energies, systems among other things.

The tool documentation is available at the link: pybuildingenergy 0.0.1 documentation

The library is downloadable here: pybuildingenergy · PyPI

The tool has been developed during the research done in H2020 Project INFINITE and Horizon Europe project MODERATE.