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PMV/PPD, Activity schedule and Electricity output issues

Hello everyone. I am trying to determine the PMV and cooling/heating energy of my first test project on EnergyPlus. However, I am experiencing four major challenges;

  1. I do get an error that says “* Severe * ProcessScheduleInput: Schedule="OFFICE_ACTIVITY_SCHEDULE_01" has values outside its Schedule Type (ACTIVITYLEVEL) range * ~~~ * Minimum should be >=72.000 and Maximum should be <=909.000. However, in my activity settings, the values I set were 72 for periods without activity and 132 for periods of activity.
  2. My PMV is mainly around -0.5 all year round which seems unrealistic.
  3. While trying to improve my PMV, my current cooling energy became 0.
  4. My electricity result is also constant.

Does anyone, have an idea how I can improve the model and correct these errors? I have also attached the idf to this question. I will be glad to receive comments that will point me in the right direction.

Thank you for the help.

Link to idf : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T_EyGxQK89o1UIU1rnnHpzsexKuCtigJ/view?usp=sharing

PMV/PPD, Activity schedule and Electricity output issues

Hello everyone. I am trying to determine the PMV and cooling/heating energy of my first test project on EnergyPlus. However, I am experiencing four major challenges;

  1. I do get an error that says “* Severe * ProcessScheduleInput: Schedule="OFFICE_ACTIVITY_SCHEDULE_01" has values outside its Schedule Type (ACTIVITYLEVEL) range * ~~~ * Minimum should be >=72.000 and Maximum should be <=909.000. However, in my activity settings, the values I set were 72 for periods without activity and 132 for periods of activity.
  2. My PMV is mainly around -0.5 all year round which seems unrealistic.
  3. While trying to improve my PMV, my current cooling energy became 0.
  4. My electricity result is also constant.

Does anyone, have an idea how I can improve the model and correct these errors? I have also attached the idf to this question. I will be glad to receive comments that will point me in the right direction.

Thank you for the help.

Link to idf : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T_EyGxQK89o1UIU1rnnHpzsexKuCtigJ/view?usp=sharing