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You can use Output:Meter for this, if you are looking for a total value for the home. In particular, these meters will be of interest
Output:Meter,Heating:*,Hourly;
Output:Meter,Cooling:*,Hourly;
Let's break down the first one Output:Meter,Heating*,Hourly;
:
- This is the form
<EndUseType>:<ResourceType>:<name>
. You are asking to report the End UseHeating
and using a wildcard to return all ResourceType (fuels) - The reporting frequency is set to "Hourly", meaning you will get 8760 values.
You might want to be more specific, for example Heating:Gas
to return the gas consumption used for heating (if you have a boiler for example). Or Heating:EnergyTransfer
if you want to look at the energy actually used to condition your zones.
Look at the documentation I linked above for more information (and more options). You should also look at the Output Details and Examples Volume for eplusout.mtd documentation: after a successful run you can look at the eplusout.mtd
file that is created by E+ which will show you available meters and what they report exactly.
You can use Output:Meter for this, if you are looking for a total single value for the home. In particular, these meters will be of interestparticular:
Output:Meter,Heating:*,Hourly;
Output:Meter,Cooling:*,Hourly;
Let's break down the first one Output:Meter,Heating*,Hourly;
:
- This is the form
<EndUseType>:<ResourceType>:<name>
. You are asking to report the End UseHeating
and using a wildcard to return all ResourceType (fuels) - The reporting frequency is set to "Hourly", meaning you will get 8760 values.
You might want to be more specific, for example Heating:Gas
to return the gas consumption used for heating (if you have a boiler for example). Or Heating:EnergyTransfer
if you want to look at the energy actually used to condition your zones.
Look at the documentation I linked above for more information (and more options). options), and after a succesful run you can also look at the *.mtd
file that is created by E+. You should can also look at the Output Details and Examples Volume for eplusout.mtd documentation: after a successful run you can look at the documentation.eplusout.mtd
file that is created by E+ which will show you available meters and what they report exactly.