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EnergyPlus can generate these hourly output variables, but it won't tell you specific like peak-hour values. Sounds like you need to set up a script using Python, Ruby, or something similar to do multiple steps:

1. Read the hourly output variables that you're generating in the output CSV file created by EnergyPlus
2. Find the peak-hour glass load (peak-hour for the whole year, each day, or something else?)
3. Calculate the average glass load (average load for the whole year, each day, or something else?)
4. Calculate the AED (is peak-hour glass load > (average glass load x 1.3) ?)

EnergyPlus can generate these hourly output variables, but it won't tell you specific specifics like peak-hour values. Sounds like you need to set up a script using Python, Ruby, or something similar to do multiple steps:

1. Read the hourly output variables that you're generating in the output CSV file created by EnergyPlus
2. Find the peak-hour glass load (peak-hour for the whole year, each day, or something else?)
3. Calculate the average glass load (average load for the whole year, each day, or something else?)
4. Calculate the AED (is peak-hour glass load > (average glass load x 1.3) ?)