Question-and-Answer Resource for the Building Energy Modeling Community
Get started with the Help page
Ask Your Question
1

OpenStudio Results [closed]

asked 7 years ago

Dustin's avatar

updated 7 years ago

Is there any reason why results in the OpenStudio Results tab for monthly electricity consumption is different than what the .idf file outputs? I am asking because I have a model that I need to make some additions/changes to in EnergyPlus and was trying to determine what outputs variables make up the corresponding OpenStudio Electricity Consumption values.

I have 5 categories for the electricity consumption breakdown (Heating, Cooling, Interior Lighting, Interior Equipment, and Fans) and I can easily find the outputs variables that make up all but the heating. In my model the only 2 items that should make up the heating are the electric heating coils in the CV Fan Units and the baseboard heaters. When I output the following 2 variables (Zone Unit Heater Heating Energy and Baseboard Electric Energy) and sum the values up and convert to kWh there is a difference (the E+ output is slightly greater in all months, and not by the same amount). If anyone has any insight let me know.

Preview: (hide)

Closed for the following reason the question is answered, right answer was accepted by Dustin
close date 2017-05-19 13:23:38.995807

1 Answer

Sort by » oldest newest most voted
1

answered 7 years ago

Dustin's avatar

Figured it out, was looking at the wrong energy for the unit heaters, had to output the heating coil electric energy.

Preview: (hide)
link

Training Workshops

Careers

Question Tools

1 follower

Stats

Asked: 7 years ago

Seen: 224 times

Last updated: May 19 '17