eplusout.audit[LINK]

This file is simply the echo of the inputs to the EnergyPlus program – the Energy+.idd (data dictionary) and in.idf (<filename>.idf – the input data file). Every attempt has been made to not require this file to be saved – errors are interpreted as much as possible and encapsulated onto the eplusout.err file. Any errors in the data dictionary processing should be accomplished during development – users should never see errors there. Thus, this file is not “saved” after processing by the standard script file. Occasionally, you may wish to view this file because of something obscure.

An excerpt of the file follows. Lines in green are notes produced from EnergyPlus (some of these are more useful to developers than users). Lines in red are lines with error messages shown to illustrate context. The other lines are echoes from inputs (with line numbers).

In all the examples, the actual version of the EnergyPlus exe would appear. In the examples these will be shown as: <version>.

  Processing Data Dictionary (Energy+.idd) File -- Start
     1 !IDD_Version <version>
     2 ! **************************************************************************
     3 !

 13000        DETAILS  13001        Vertices  13002        DetailsWithVertices   Processing Data Dictionary (Energy+.idd) File – Complete   Maximum number of Alpha Args =         4500   Maximum number of Numeric Args =         1800   Number of Object Definitions =          473   Number of Section Definitions =            2   Processing Input Data File (in.idf) – Start      1 ! Basic file description: Basic illustration of using Purchased Air as a system      2 ! Run:      2 design days.      3 !           2 annual run periods, 2 summer days and 3 winter days.     63     RunPeriod,          ! 3 day winter simuluation     64               1,                1,  ! Start Month ,Day     65               1,                3;  ! End Month ,Day    ** Warning ** Object = RUNPERIOD, entered with less than minimum number of fields.       _~   Attempting fill to minimum.     66  MATERIAL:Regular,A1 - 1 IN STUCCO,  !- Material Name    784 End Simulation Data;   Processing Input Data File (in.idf) – Complete   Number of IDF “Lines” =          359   Maximum number of Alpha IDF Args =           29   Maximum number of Numeric IDF Args =           20  Getting object = VERSION  Getting object = TIMESTEP  Getting object = SIMULATIONCONTROL  Getting object = SIZING:PARAMETERS  Getting object = SIZING:ZONE  Getting object = SIZING:SYSTEM  Getting object = SIZING:PLANT MaxRVariable =         5000 MaxIVariable =          100 NumEnergyMeters =          108 NumVarMeterArrays =          106