Make My own Output Variable in Energyplus?

Hello Sergerwehbe, one suggestion is that you can assign the three values to sensors of EMS, add their values in EMS. Then if the EMS variable cannot be displayed directly through Output:Variable, you can create a dummy schedule compact type to be ON for all days, then in EMS assign the sum value to an actuator pointing to the dummy schedule you created. Now you will have a schedule that has a value of the sum at each timestep where you can display it using Output:Variable directly in your excel file.

Hope this helps a little bit !

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Aly ElHefny

answered 2020-05-26 14:23:48 -0500, updated 2020-05-26 14:25:04 -0500

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As alternative of what Aly suggested, , always through EMS:

1- create 3 EMS:Sensors to take in your 3 variable (same as Aly suggested);

2- write a simple EMS:Program to sum the 3 Sensors: ZoneTot = Zone1 + Zone2 + Zone3 (same as Aly suggested);

3- call the program through a EMS:CallingManager : my suggesiton Before Zone Time Step reporting

4- create an EMS:OutputVariable that calls the EMS variable sum of the three Sensors (ZoneTot),

5- than create a standard Output:Variable (that could sounds like ZoneTotFromEMS), with "*" as Key Value and the EMS variable name (ZoneTot) as Variable Name

Please see steps 4- and 5- in the screenshot as exapmle for the sum of Chillers Cooling Energy

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