Building: Embodied Energy

This example shows how to compute the embodied energy in slabs of the entire building, shown with a plot and a table.

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Floor type

Embodied energy total building [MJ]

Ribbed Slab

6.443621e+06

Waffle Slab

7.226345e+06

Hollow Core

3.914560e+06

Precast Double-tees

2.305800e+06

Slim-Floor

1.737216e+07

Voided Biaxial Slabs

7.544727e+06

 
from buildings_analytics.analyzer import Building

# Create a building object with requirements in brackets
my_building = Building(stories=3, floor_plate_area=1200, use='residential', span=13)

# Outputs the estimated embodied energy of all the slabs
# in the building and plots it for each applicable slab
my_building.compute_building_energy(output=True, plot=True)