Question-and-Answer Resource for the Building Energy Modeling Community
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The HIR in DOE-2 is the inverse of the heating efficiency.
In DOE-2 the calculated efficiency is: 1/(HIR*HIR-FPLR(PLR))
In EnergyPlus the calculated efficiency is: eff/PLF
So if eff = 1/HIR, then PLF and HIR-FPLR(PLR) are the same.
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The HIR in DOE-2 is the inverse of the heating efficiency.efficiency (eff).
In DOE-2 the calculated efficiency is: 1/(HIR*HIR-FPLR(PLR))
In EnergyPlus the calculated efficiency is: eff/PLF
So if eff = 1/HIR, then PLF and HIR-FPLR(PLR) are the same.
