Heating and Cooling load components: a detailed breakdown

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Specifically, the Thermal Load Balance component, as seen here: https://docs.ladybug.tools/hb-energy-.... Once Ladybug is downloaded, there's a sample script that shows how to use it.

Hi. Thank you very much for your information. I saw in the post that the load breakdown was for peak loads, and I hope I can modify it to account for the hourly loads, as well. Given that I am not familiar with the ladybug, which one do you recommend? Honeybee in Grasshopper platform or other types? Thanks again for your kind help and consideration.

The Thermal Load Balance provides a monthly breakdown of hourly loads from an annual simulation, not peak loads (there's a separate component for that). Honeybee in Grasshopper/Rhino contains the most mature, robust workflows in LBT, so I would advise using that.

Hi again, thanks for your comment. I have installed Honeybee, but when I try to import my idf file, the system crashes. Do you have any recommendations? Should I start re-developing the model in Honeybee from scratch? Thanks again.

Yeah importing an idf file might have errors. I've never run into errors building the model from scratch in Honeybee (as long as the library is installed properly). If you run into errors building the HB model you can ask questions on the LBT forums: https://discourse.ladybug.tools/. To partially confirm you got the installation right, make sure your OpenStudio installation is consistent with the LBT compatibility matrix here: https://github.com/ladybug-tools/lbt-...