Question-and-Answer Resource for the Building Energy Modeling Community
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No, you should not pretend there's an AC in the building. BEopt does not require a heating or cooling system to be defined. If you did add an AC to the building, then the building temperature would always be less than the cooling setpoint and you wouldn't see the retrofit's effect on temperature (rather, you'd see similar temperatures and the retrofit's effect would show up as reduced cooling energy use).
It's possible that you're getting confused by a BEopt warning ("The building has no cooling equipment but a cooling setpoint is specified; the simulation will proceed without a cooling system.") when running without an AC? To address this warning, go to the "Cooling Set Point" category under "Space Conditioning Schedules" and choose the None option.
