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How to add exterior equipment (base utilities) in OpenStudio?

Is there a quick way to add pump power to the model as exterior equipment end use or as a base utility? I would like to add a couple pumps to an OpenStudio 1.9 model to include their energy usage as a base utility (ie, not applied to any space or zone). These pumps are not part of a hot water loop, service hot water, or an HVAC system, but are used for a greywater/rainwater collection system to pump stored rainwater into the building for toilet/urinals. I do not want to model the greywater system, but instead just want to account for the pump energy at the building level. I tried doing this on the "Facility" side tab under the "Exterior Equipment" tab, but that seems to only be for exterior lighting according to the GUI labels and when I ran the model , the pump power was assigned to exterior lighting end usage.

How to add exterior equipment (base utilities) in OpenStudio?

Is there a quick way to add pump power to the model as exterior equipment end use or as a base utility? I would like to add a couple pumps to an OpenStudio 1.9 model to include their energy usage as a base utility (ie, not applied to any space or zone). These pumps are not part of a hot water loop, service hot water, or an HVAC system, but are used for a greywater/rainwater collection system to pump stored rainwater into the building for toilet/urinals. I do not want to model the greywater system, but instead just want to account for the pump energy at the building level. I tried doing this on the "Facility" side tab under the "Exterior Equipment" tab, but that seems to only be for exterior lighting according to the GUI labels and when I ran the model , the pump power was assigned to exterior lighting end usage.

How to add exterior equipment (base utilities) in OpenStudio?

Is there a quick way to add pump power to the model as exterior equipment end use or as a base utility? I would like to add a couple pumps to an OpenStudio 1.9 model to include their energy usage as a base utility (ie, not applied to any space or zone). These pumps are not part of a hot water loop, service hot water, or an HVAC system, but are used for a greywater/rainwater collection system to pump stored rainwater into the building for toilet/urinals. I do not want to model the greywater system, but instead just want to account for the pump energy at the building level. I tried doing this on the "Facility" side tab under the "Exterior Equipment" tab, but that seems to only be for exterior lighting according to the GUI labels and when I ran the model , the pump power was assigned to exterior lighting end usage.

How to add exterior equipment (base utilities) in OpenStudio?

Is there a quick way to add pump power to the model as exterior equipment end use or as a base utility? I would like to add a couple pumps to an OpenStudio 1.9 model to include their energy usage as a base utility (ie, not applied to any space or zone). These pumps are not part of a hot water loop, service hot water, or an HVAC system, but are used for a greywater/rainwater collection system to pump stored rainwater into the building for toilet/urinals. I do not want to model the greywater system, but instead just want to account for the pump energy at the building level. I tried doing this on the "Facility" side tab under the "Exterior Equipment" tab, but that seems to only be for exterior lighting according to the GUI labels and when I ran the model , the pump power was assigned to exterior lighting end usage.