Zero cooling electricity in Energy+

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Hi Aaron, thanks for the correction!

Hi, thanks a lot. I did what you said. Although I'm not sure if I did it right but it solved my problem. Since the cooling electricity is zero I decided to calculate it manually in the results but still couldn't find the COP in the reports. I found that within the "Site to Source Energy Conversion Factors" table, the "District Cooling" factor multiplied by the COP gives the "Electricity" factor. I don't know where the "District Cooling" factor comes from, it's nowhere in idf but I'm able to do the calibration anyway and that's not my problem right now. :) Thanks again!

Because you are using simple HVAC in DesignBuilder, that will use the Ideal loads air system in EnergyPlus and all cooling energy use will only be measured as "District Cooling". If you want to have cooling energy use measured as "Electric" by EnergyPlus, you will need to use detailed HVAC in DesignBuilder instead.

The "Site to Source Energy Conversion Factors" table of the Annual Building Utility Performance Summary shows how much energy is used at the source (utility power plant, e.g.) in order to consume that resource at the site (electricity used by building, e.g.). The Electric factor should be independent of District Cooling COP, since it applies to all components that use electricity (HVAC, lighting, receptacles, etc.).