Question-and-Answer Resource for the Building Energy Modeling Community
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"Zone Air System Sensible Cooling Rate" (along with all other output variables) is defined in the Input Output Reference. This one is often confused as to its meaning, so there's an extra note:
Zone Air System Sensible Heating (and Cooling) Energy (and Rate) all report the heating or cooling delivered by the HVAC system to a zone. These values are calculated by multiplying the supply air mass flow rate by the difference between the supply air temperature and the zone air temperature. This does not always indicate the operation of heating or cooling coils. For example, cooling will be reported if the supply air is cooled due to the introduction of outside air, even if all coils are off.
The small office prototype likely has continuous fan operation with outdoor air during occupied hours, thus lots of free cooling will be supplied in a space that's not actively cooled. Report "Cooling Coil Total Cooling Rate" to see if there's actually mechanical cooling happening.
