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What are the requirements objects to run on EnergyPlus?

Hi! I'm a student, currently learning EnergyPlus as a beginner/newbie.

I was thinking that what are the requirements objects to run on EnergyPlus? I see the ExampleFiles under EnergyPlus folder, for example on Minimal.idf, but currently, I'm trying to simulate a basic office building with a specific outdoor and indoor temperature, outdoor and indoor relative humidity, internal gains (lights, people, and equipment), fan and pump efficiency. But I don't know which objects on EnergyPlus I have to input to.

I need to run these specific requirements (sadly I need > 10 points to upload a file) :

Outdoor Temp. (Dry bulb), Outdoor Relative Humidity, Indoor Temp. (Dry bulb), Indoor Relative Humidity, Occupant Density, Sensible Heat Gain / person, Latent Heat Gain / person, Outdoor intake/Introduction, Lighting Power Denisty during AC hours, Lighting Power during None AC hours, % Daylight Area, % Daylight Hours during AC hours, Operating Hour, Plug Load Heat Gain during AC hours, Plug Load Heat Gain during none AC hours, Supply air temperature, Fan Efficiency, Lift during AC Hours, Power Density, Car park during AC Hours, Delta (∆T) Chilled Water Temperature, Delta Condenser Water Temperature, Chilled water pumping efficiency, Condenser water pumping efficiency.

Thank you for reading my question.