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If your case, you can report at several levels, including:

  • Coil:Cooling:Water: Cooling Coil Total Cooling Rate [W]
  • AirLoopHVAC: Air System Total Cooling Energy [J] (The I/O doc doesn't mention a rate one, but maybe it's still there, check your .rdd file)
  • You could also report the Plant Loop's Plant Supply Side Cooling Demand Rate if the Chilled Water Plant Loop only serves the zones you're interested in.
  • You could also request specific Output:Meter. The documentation should help as well as the .mdd file, but I'm quite sure its been covered on this site too.

A note on the "Cooling Coil Total Cooling Energy" or "Rate", since you mentioned it in your question: beware of simultaneous heating and cooling though. This will report the energy used by the coil, but if you have central heating or terminal reheat down the line, you'd effectively be providing less "actual" cooling energy.