Open JasonGlazer opened 4 years ago
Closely related to https://github.com/NREL/EnergyPlus/issues/4951
Has there been any discussion of this feature request recently? It's a pretty fundamental feature in other software and would make E+ substantially more usable in certain projects where differentiating heating and cooling energy is critical (and avoid having to sub up coils, or other workarounds)
Issue overview
The use of the end-use subcategories is used extensively to show the disaggregation of energy in building models. Currently the user can define end-use subcategories for internal and external load objects (Lights, ElectricEquipment, Exterior:Lights, etc.) and some zone equipment (ZoneBaseboard:OutdoorTemperatureControlled, Fans:OnOff) and central plant equipment (Pump:VariableSpeed, Boiler:HotWater, Chiller:Electric:EIR, CoolingTower:TwoSpeed, WaterHeater:Mixed, Refrigeration:Condenser:WaterCooled). Unfortunately, this excludes several other classes of objects that do consume (or generate) electricity or fuels such as coils (Coil:Cooling:DX:SingleSpeed, etc.) humidifiers, PV objects, generators. The first step should be to review which objects should have the end-use subcategory field.
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