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Cooling included in the ERI value when none is selected?

Hi, I am doing standard, new construction simulations using Hawaii as a location in BEopt, and I was wondering if anyone could explain to me why a significant amount of the ERI (or any at all, really) is contributed to cooling when all space conditioning options have been turned off. All other output graph types (source/site energy, utility bills, etc) do not include cooling, but ERI consistently shows cooling. I'm assuming it is not a bug because it has repeated the same results over multiple runs and machines. Could anybody shed some light on why this happens?

Thanks, Ben

Cooling included in the ERI value when none is selected?

Hi, I am doing standard, new construction simulations using Hawaii as a location in BEopt, and I was wondering if anyone could explain to me why a significant amount of the ERI (or any at all, really) is contributed to cooling when all space conditioning options have been turned off. All other output graph types (source/site energy, utility bills, etc) do not include cooling, but ERI consistently shows cooling. I'm assuming it is not a bug because it has repeated the same results over multiple runs and machines. Could anybody shed some light on why this happens?

Thanks, Ben