Build a Blower-Door Infiltration Delta Reporter
Process field blower-door ACH50 test data against EnergyPlus ZoneInfiltration elements. Compute the variance between empirical natural leakage and baseline epJSON assumptions to highlight necessary model adjustments.
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Process field blower-door ACH50 test data against EnergyPlus ZoneInfiltration elements. Compute the variance between empirical natural leakage and baseline epJSON assumptions to highlight necessary model adjustments.
Building Commissioning and Energy Modeler
Upload empirical blower door test results including structural dimensions.
Extract baseline ZoneInfiltration:DesignFlowRate estimates from project epJSON.
Compute actual natural infiltration flow rates using empirical formulas.
Output a delta variance report prioritizing zones that require calibration.
Calibration workbench presenting blower door curve charts, current versus calculated infiltration rates, and delta reports.
Utilize open-source DOE commercial reference building EnergyPlus epJSON files from the public NREL repository. Starter examples below are synthetic. They are not downloaded records.
EnergyPlus Extracts ZoneInfiltration:DesignFlowRate baseline data from the EnergyPlus epJSON schema for comparison against field tests.
dspy, scipy, pydantic. DSPy facilitates systematic logic structuring and schema-aligned reporting generation for epJSON infiltration comparisons. Hosted reasoning model capable of technical building physics reasoning and strict JSON generation.
Submit runnable source, pinned dependencies, setup commands, a working interface, example outputs, and a recorded end-to-end demo. Include tests and an action log.
Converts ACH50 empirical figures to operational design flow rate (m3/s/m2) using natural infiltration heuristics.
Calculates variance delta percentages accurately against baseline epJSON flow parameters.
Produces valid structured JSON variance reports without directly mutating the source epJSON files.
```json [ { "input": { "building_zone": "Main_Office_Floor1", "zone_volume_m3": 3600, "envelope_area_m2": 1000, "measured_ach50": 5, "current_epjson_flow_per_exterior_area": 0.0002 }, "expected_output": { "building_zone": "Main_Office_Floor1", "measured_ach50": 5, "calculated_natural_leakage_m3_s_m2": 0.00025, "calibration_delta_pct": 25, "status": "CALIBRATION_REQUIRED", "note": "simplified synthetic app record" } }, { "input": { "building_zone": "Retail_Entry_Vestibule", "zone_volume_m3": 1440, "envelope_area_m2": 400, "measured_ach50": 2, "current_epjson_flow_per_exterior_area": 0.0001 }, "expected_output": { "building_zone": "Retail_Entry_Vestibule", "measured_ach50": 2, "calculated_natural_leakage_m3_s_m2": 0.0001, "calibration_delta_pct": 0, "status": "ACCEPTABLE_VARIANCE", "note": "simplified synthetic app record" } } ] ```
Data processing focuses on diagnostic reporting; model adjustment and subsequent simulation runs require manual validation by engineers. Use mock external writes. Require human review before any real deployment.
Participation guide
Data processing focuses on diagnostic reporting; model adjustment and subsequent simulation runs require manual validation by engineers. Use mock external writes and human review.
How work is evaluated
Converts ACH50 empirical figures to operational design flow rate (m3/s/m2) using natural infiltration heuristics. Calculates variance delta percentages accurately against baseline epJSON flow parameters. Produces valid structured JSON variance reports without directly mutating the source epJSON files.
Runnable source, pinned dependencies, setup commands, working interface, example outputs, recorded demo, tests, and action logs.
Challenge datasets
Public datasets, plus the private datasets you have access to.
How submissions are scored
These dimensions define what the evaluator checks and which criteria separate a passable run from a strong one.
Complete workflow
Upload empirical blower door test results including structural dimensions. Extract baseline ZoneInfiltration:DesignFlowRate estimates from project epJSON. Compute actual natural infiltration flow rates using empirical formulas. Output a delta variance report prioritizing zones that require calibration.
Missing or incorrect.
Partly complete, with documented gaps.
Complete, with reproducible evidence.
Correctness and evidence
Converts ACH50 empirical figures to operational design flow rate (m3/s/m2) using natural infiltration heuristics. Calculates variance delta percentages accurately against baseline epJSON flow parameters. Produces valid structured JSON variance reports without directly mutating the source epJSON files.
Missing or incorrect.
Partly complete, with documented gaps.
Complete, with reproducible evidence.
Review interface
Calibration workbench presenting blower door curve charts, current versus calculated infiltration rates, and delta reports.
Missing or incorrect.
Partly complete, with documented gaps.
Complete, with reproducible evidence.
Safe execution
Data processing focuses on diagnostic reporting; model adjustment and subsequent simulation runs require manual validation by engineers.
This dimension contributes its full weight only when the submission satisfies the requirement. Partial credit is not awarded.
What you should walk away with
Upload empirical blower door test results including structural dimensions.
Extract baseline ZoneInfiltration:DesignFlowRate estimates from project epJSON.
Compute actual natural infiltration flow rates using empirical formulas.
Output a delta variance report prioritizing zones that require calibration.
Reference links and supporting material
Utilize open-source DOE commercial reference building EnergyPlus epJSON files from the public NREL repository. Supplied starter examples are synthetic, not source extracts.
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- Upload empirical blower door test results including structural dimensions. Extract baseline ZoneInfiltratio...
- Converts ACH50 empirical figures to operational design flow rate (m3/s/m2) using natural infiltration heuri...
- Calibration workbench presenting blower door curve charts, current versus calculated infiltration rates, an...
- 2 public reference cases
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- Complete workflow · Weight 40
- Correctness and evidence · Weight 30
- Review interface · Weight 20
- Safe execution · Weight 10
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