From 3bc35fbe5e05690b8e91d2bd3ad89983e2b16d30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Samuel Letellier-Duchesne <samuelduchesne@me.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2024 15:54:30 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] empty string if None value in epbunch creation

---
 archetypal/idfclass/idf.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/archetypal/idfclass/idf.py b/archetypal/idfclass/idf.py
index 5963227d..91ddbfb1 100644
--- a/archetypal/idfclass/idf.py
+++ b/archetypal/idfclass/idf.py
@@ -2123,7 +2123,7 @@ def anidfobject(self, key: str, aname: str = "", **kwargs) -> EpBunch:
             namebunch(abunch, aname)
         for k, v in kwargs.items():
             try:
-                abunch[k] = v
+                abunch[k] = "" if v is None else v
             except BadEPFieldError as e:
                 # Backwards compatibility
                 if str(e) == "unknown field Key_Name":