Total Cooling Rate in DOE Reference model in E+
Hello,
I am running a DOE large office reference building model in EnergyPlus, and I would like to evaluate as outputs the total, sensible and latent space cooling load in the whole building.
I know that I can analyse this with Ideal HVAC objects: ZoneHVACIdealLoadsSystem and reporting the variables:
- Zone Ideal Loads Zone Sensible Cooling Rate [W]
- Zone Ideal Loads Zone Latent Cooling Rate [W]
- Zone Ideal Loads Zone Total Cooling Rate [W]
However, the DOE reference model has a specific HVAC system.
My questions are:
- Which variable could give me the total cooling load in the building?
- How can I report this load with the current DOE reference HVAC system?
I have been analysing the following variables in the summary report:
- HVAC Input Sensible Air Cooling
- Cooling:EnergyTransfer
- CoolingCoils:EnergyTransfer
Is the CoolingCoil:Transfer variable equivalent to the total cooling load?