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heating energy consumption is different in "Zone Equipment Report" and "Austin Energy Enduse Timeseries CSVExport"

Sorry for the primary question..

(1)In the "Zone Equipment Report", for each zone, there is a category "Zone Load Summary". Inside this category, there is "heating loads". The unit of the heating loads is kBtu/ft2 per Run Period. If I use the data of heating loads multiply the zone area(ft2), I should get the total heating energy consumption of this zone and this period(unit KBtu), is it right?

(2)I also have the report:"Austin Energy Enduse Timeseries CSVExport". It shows district heating energy. If I add all the heating energy consumption for each hour together, I could have the total heating energy consumption(KBtu) of run period (I have three thermal zones in total), is that right?

(3) Should not it be that the sum of heating energy consumption of each zone from zone load summary equals the district heating energy? But in my report, the number of one zone's heating energy exceeds the district heating energy. What could be the reason for that?

heating energy consumption is different in "Zone Equipment Report" and "Austin Energy Enduse Timeseries CSVExport"

Sorry for the primary question..

(1)In the "Zone Equipment Report", for each zone, there is a category "Zone Load Summary". Inside this category, there is "heating loads". The unit of the heating loads is kBtu/ft2 per Run Period. If I use the data of heating loads multiply the zone area(ft2), I should get the total heating energy consumption of this zone and for this run period(unit KBtu), is it right?

(2)I also have the report:"Austin Energy Enduse Timeseries CSVExport". It shows district heating energy. If I add all the heating energy consumption for each hour together, I could have the total heating energy consumption(KBtu) of run period (I have three thermal zones in total), is that right?

(3) Should not it be that the sum of heating energy consumption of each zone from zone load summary equals the district heating energy? But in my report, the number of one zone's heating energy exceeds the district heating energy. What could be the reason for that?

heating energy consumption is different in "Zone Equipment Report" and "Austin Energy Enduse Timeseries CSVExport"

Sorry for the primary question..

(1)In the "Zone Equipment Report", for each zone, there is a category "Zone Load Summary". Inside this category, there is "heating loads". The unit of the heating loads is kBtu/ft2 per Run Period. If I use the data of heating loads multiply the zone area(ft2), I should get the total heating energy consumption of this zone for this run period(unit KBtu), is it right?

(2)I also have the report:"Austin Energy Enduse Timeseries CSVExport". It shows district heating energy. If I add all the heating energy consumption for each hour together, I could have the total heating energy consumption(KBtu) of run period (I have three thermal zones in total), is that right?

(3) Should not it be that the sum of heating energy consumption of each zone from zone load summary equals the district heating energy? But in my report, the number of one zone's heating energy exceeds the district heating energy. What could be the reason for that?