Description
Use Python to Search and Fetch EPDs from Ökobau.
Learn how to work and interact with the Ökobau API.
Ökobau is a database containing environmental data on building materials (EPDs) published by the German Ministry of
Living, City Development and Building.
Who is this for?
The course is for anyone who wants to learn how to work with Ökobau's or ECO Platform's APIs and process EPD data.
What is inside?
The course content is organized into the following steps:
1. Getting Set Up
Set up your IDE, install Python and the dependencies.
2. List EPDs on Ökobau
The first step is to get familiar with the Ökobau API and fetching some EPDs.
3. Search for EPDs on Ökobau
Learn how to search for specific EPDs through the API.
4. Get a Single EPD
Fetch the full data set for a single Ökobau EPD.
5. Download Multiple EPDs
Download and save multiple EPDs locally.
6. Convert EPDs to EPDx
Download and convert EPDs from Ökobau to EPDx.
7. Visualize EPDs
Visualize downloaded EPDx EPDs.
8. ECO Platform
Apply everything from this course to also fetch EPDs from ECO Platform
Who is behind it?
Hey there, I'm Christian.
I'm an architectural engineer, turned full-stack developer.
I have for the last 6+ years been working with developing software for engineers and architects, both in-house and as
a consultant. I have extensive experience with creating Revit and Grasshopper plugins, building web apps, building
physics and LCA.