For an automated way, you could query the output SQLite file with:
SELECT Value from tabulardatawithstrings WHERE ReportName='AnnualBuildingUtilityPerformanceSummary' AND ReportForString='Entire Facility' AND TableName='Building Area' AND RowName='Total Building Area'
When you successfully run your simulation, you will get a file named eplustbl (normally eplustbl.html but you can change to other extensions such as .tab or .xml).
If you navigate to the Annual Building Utility Performance Summary you will find a section for the Building Area.
Asked: 2019-04-25 13:11:21 -0500
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Last updated: Apr 25 '19
Do you have multiple buildings in the same IDF file?
Nope - one building per IDF in my case.