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How to report facility Gas?

asked 2024-09-25 02:18:07 -0500

Ed May's avatar

Hi, I wonder if there is a simple way to add total "Facility Gas" as an output variable?

I know that I can add the output variable "Facility Total Purchased Electricity Energy" to get the total purchased electricity hourly, but is there a similar output variable for Gas?

I am not sure where to find out something like this? Am I supposed to be looking in the .rdd file for the available output variables?

Any advice is much appreciated,

thanks!

@edmay

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@Ed May please remember to tag your question with the software you're using. Are you using energyplus directly from an IDF? OpenStudio?

Julien Marrec's avatar Julien Marrec  ( 2024-09-25 03:15:28 -0500 )edit

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answered 2024-09-25 03:23:17 -0500

updated 2024-09-25 03:25:08 -0500

This is actually an Output:Meter (or Output:Meter:XXX). It'll function the same, but this isn't the same object.

Example:

Output:Meter,
  NaturalGas:Facility,                    !- Key Name
  Timestep;                               !- Reporting Frequency
Output:Meter:MeterFileOnly,NaturalGas:Facility,Timestep;

You can take a look at the eplusout.mdd to find available meters for your simulation, provided you have added this object

Output:VariableDictionary,
  IDF,                                    !- Key Field
  Unsorted;                               !- Sort Option

For what it's worth, the same can be done in OpenStudio SDK (Ruby here):

include OpenStudio::Model
m = Model.new
o = OutputMeter.new(m)
o.setInstallLocationType("Facility".to_InstallLocationType)
o.setReportingFrequency("Timestep")
o.setFuelType("NaturalGas".to_FuelType)
o.setMeterFileOnly(false)
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