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Is there a way to sort through the AMY2018 ResStock Parquet Files?

Hi Everyone,

I'm trying to parse through the ResStock OSM building models and so far, the only thing I've seen that pairs up the building energy model file name with what is actually in the model is the .parquet files in each end use profile building stock year. There's 548,916 model files, so I'm not going to download each one to see what's what. I'd be here forever.

I've tried to use the ParquetViewer (https://github.com/mukunku/ParquetViewer/wiki) but when I try to search the within the field I want, in this case 'in.geometry_building_type_recs' I get an error. Seems like the IN prefix in the query has some issue, but I can't find out what in the limited wiki resource.

Is everyone using a "BigData" type viewer or something? Ideally I don't have to learn another software just to cull down the Single Family building types and Model ID names to see what the ResStock OSM files look like. But I suppose I can if that's the only way. DuckDB seems like a choice, but perhaps I'm missing something more straightforward. I've searched everywhere for an index or description of what each building energy model is, but I haven't found anything...yet.

Thanks for your help!