pnnl-buildingid

Unique Building Identification (UBID)

Website: https://buildingid.pnnl.gov/

Documentation

Install

To complete this guide, npm is required.

Install the pnnl-buildingid package:

npm install pnnl-buildingid

Uninstall

Use npm to uninstall the pnnl-buildingid package.

npm uninstall pnnl-buildingid

Usage

The pnnl-buildingid package supports one usage:

• Application programming interface (API)

The API

UBID codecs are encapsulated in separate modules:

• UniqueBuildingIdentification.v3 (format: "C-n-e-s-w")

Modules export the same API:

• decode(string) ~> UniqueBuildingIdentification.CodeArea
• encode(number, number, number, number, number, number, number) ~> string
• encodeCodeArea(UniqueBuildingIdentification.CodeArea) ~> string
• isValid(string) ~> boolean

In the following example, a UBID code is decoded and then re-encoded:

// Use the "C-n-e-s-w" format for UBID codes.
const UniqueBuildingIdentification = require('pnnl-buildingid');

// Initialize UBID code.
const code = '849VQJH6+95J-51-58-42-50';
console.log(code);

// Decode the UBID code.
const codeArea = UniqueBuildingIdentification.v3.decode(code);
console.log(codeArea);

// Resize the resulting UBID code area.
//
// The effect of this operation is that the height and width of the UBID code
// area are reduced by half an OLC code area.
const newCodeArea = codeArea.resize();
console.log(newCodeArea);

// Encode the new UBID code area.
const newCode = UniqueBuildingIdentification.v3.encodeCodeArea(newCodeArea);
console.log(newCode);

// Test that the new UBID code matches the original.
console.log(code === newCode);

License

The package is available as open source under the terms of The 2-Clause BSD License.

Contributions

Contributions are accepted on GitHub via the fork and pull request workflow. See here for more information.