What is the best way to add a external load such as a snowmelt system or a outdoor pool in OS or E+. I would like to be able to have a snowmelt or pool boiler, and then add the load on the loop so that I can get the appropriate boiler consumption. Also, I would like to be able to label then end-use as pool or snowmelt.
Currently I am doing this by creating a DHW load in OS that is supplied by a boiler, and then I can change the end-use to snowmelt or pool. I do not like this work around because it is a pain to calculate the DHW flow rate I need to get the desired energy consumption from the boiler, the water use for the project is higher then it should be, and the energy gets lumped under DHW end use in the Annual Building Utility Performance Summary tables. I would like to have it fall under process loads.
