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About the implication of the timestep in simulation

Hi all,

I am using Honeybee to perform the e+ simulation. I originally performed the simulations on annual basis but now I need to extract the hourly electricity demand and hence I need to rerun the simulations on hourly basis. I found that the simulation time increases a lot and the result file size becomes enormous, especially the .eso and .sql file. May I ask

1) I thought that simulations, no matter which timestep is chosen, are ran on a hourly basis, so the simulation time shouldn't be that different. Am I totally wrong? 2) What is the contributor to such a mega size of .eso and .sql file? 3) Is there any solution if I just want to extract the hourly electricity demand and PV generation?

Thanks a lot.

About the implication of the timestep in simulation

Hi all,

I am using Honeybee to perform the e+ simulation. I originally performed the simulations on annual basis but now I need to extract the hourly electricity demand and hence I need to rerun the simulations on hourly basis. I found that the simulation time increases a lot and the result file size becomes enormous, especially the .eso and .sql file. May I ask

1) I thought that simulations, no matter which timestep is chosen, are ran on a hourly basis, so the simulation time shouldn't be that different. Am I totally wrong? 2) What is the contributor to such a mega size of .eso and .sql file? 3) Is there any solution if I just want to extract the hourly electricity demand and PV generation?

Thanks a lot.