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Workarounds to add Submeters for HVAC

asked 2024-11-13 15:47:42 -0600

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updated 2024-11-13 16:33:50 -0600

I understand from other posts that there is not a direct way to specify an end-use subcategory like you can for internal gains and fans, etc., and that there are workarounds such as EMS or Meter:Custom. But I'm having trouble with the later. In my case I have a building with AHUs and RTUs and I need to split up the energy. I have tried several iterations similar to this:

Meter:Custom,
AHU Cooling Energy,            !- Name
Electricity,                   !- Fuel Type
EL01GroceryAHU01 PSZ-AC 1spd DX AC Clg Coil, !- Key Name
Air System DX Cooling Coil Electricity Energy,  !- Output Variable or Meter Name
EL01GroceryAHU02 PSZ-AC 1spd DX AC Clg Coil,   !- Key Name
Air System DX Cooling Coil Electricity Energy,  !- Output Variable or Meter Name
EL01SalesAHU03 PSZ-AC 1spd DX AC Clg Coil;     !- Key Name
Air System DX Cooling Coil Electricity Energy;  !- Output Variable or Meter Name

And confirmed this variable in the RDD file (and confirmed it's a summed variable, as specified int he documentation:

Output:Variable,*,Air System DX Cooling Coil Electricity Energy,hourly; !- HVAC Sum [J]

and also tried with:

Output:Variable,*,Cooling Coil Electricity Energy,hourly; !- HVAC Sum [J]

and a few others. In all cases I get this error (or similar):

   ** Severe  ** Line: 79650 Index: 35 - "Cooling Coil Electricity Energy" is not a valid Object Type.

Any suggestions?

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answered 2024-11-13 16:31:49 -0600

updated 2024-11-13 16:32:40 -0600

This is likely caused by a semi-colon ";" instead of a comma "," finishing the input field on line 79649 of your IDF that precedes "Cooling Coil Electricity Energy" on line 79650 that the severe error message mentions.

For example, unless you have a copy/paste typo, replace

Meter:Custom,
  ...
  EL01SalesAHU03 PSZ-AC 1spd DX AC Clg Coil;     !- Key Name
  Air System DX Cooling Coil Electricity Energy;  !- Output Variable or Meter Name

with

Meter:Custom,
  ...
  EL01SalesAHU03 PSZ-AC 1spd DX AC Clg Coil,     !- Key Name
  Air System DX Cooling Coil Electricity Energy;  !- Output Variable or Meter Name
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