Question-and-Answer Resource for the Building Energy Modeling Community
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Zone heating and cooling setpoint temperature schedules are linked to zones through ZoneControl:Thermostat and e.g. ThermostatSetpoint:DualSetpoint objects. They indeed inform a ZoneHVAC:IdealLoadsAirSystem, yet they are defined separately.
Here's an example of seasonal heating vs cooling setpoint schedules. Hint: you can always adjust the heating & cooling setpoints to mimic ZoneHVAC:IdealLoadsAirSystem seasonal heating & cooling availability schedules, e.g.:
One can't define COPs for ZoneHVAC:IdealLoadsAirSystem. The latter provides an estimation of what an HVAC system needs to supply - not what is consumes. This is well stated here.
