Hello,

I am running a DOE large office reference building model in EnergyPlus, and I would like to evaluate as outputs the total, sensible and latent space cooling load in the whole building.

I know that I can analyse this with Ideal HVAC objects: ZoneHVACIdealLoadsSystem and reporting the variables:

• Zone Ideal Loads Zone Sensible Cooling Rate [W]
• Zone Ideal Loads Zone Latent Cooling Rate [W]
• Zone Ideal Loads Zone Total Cooling Rate [W]

However, the DOE reference model has a specific HVAC system.

My questions are:

1. Which variable could give me the total cooling load in the building?
2. How can I report this load with the current DOE reference HVAC system?

I have been analysing the following variables in the summary report:

• HVAC Input Sensible Air Cooling
• Cooling:EnergyTransfer
• CoolingCoils:EnergyTransfer

Is the CoolingCoil:Transfer variable equivalent to the total cooling load?