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I am looking to extract hourly energy usage data in the form that EnergyPlus ouputs the METER data in excel compatible format. When a simulation is preformed in EnergyPlus, this is automatically created. However, in Open Studio, a .mtr file that is similarly disorganized to a .ESO file is created. I am wondering if there is a way to organize the .mtr file into a readable hourly energy usage file for the whole year, just like the EnergyPlus created METER data. It seems like something similar to ReadVarsESO would work, however .mtr is not .eso . I am using Open Studio version 1.8 for reference. The motivation behind organizing the .mtr file is that when I export my Open Studio Model to an IDF to be run in EnergyPlus 8.3 to automatically create the METER data, I do not get the same annual end uses. Thank you for any insight.

I am looking to extract hourly energy usage data in the form that EnergyPlus ouputs the METER data in excel compatible format. When a simulation is preformed in EnergyPlus, this is automatically created. However, in Open Studio, a .mtr file that is similarly disorganized to a .ESO file is created. I am wondering if there is a way to organize the .mtr file into a readable hourly energy usage file for the whole year, just like the EnergyPlus created METER data. It seems like something similar to ReadVarsESO would work, however .mtr is not .eso . I am using Open Studio version 1.8 for reference. The motivation behind organizing the .mtr file is that when I export my Open Studio Model to an IDF to be run in EnergyPlus 8.3 to automatically create the METER data, I do not get the same annual end uses. Thank you for any insight.