Getting Started — EnergyPlus 8.7

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Standard Energy Meters[LINK]

Meters provide one way for EnergyPlus to report energy use in a form that is pallatable to the users. The primary implemented method for output gives very fine detail (down to the variable level) for results from EnergyPlus. However, to get the required energy use, there may be several variables that need to be polled and accumulated. The meter implementation for EnergyPlus accomplishes this reporting.

Illustration of Energy Metering

Illustration of Energy Metering

Meters can be used to typify energy use by type and by component. The diagrams and tables illustrate how the meters have been incorporated into EnergyPlus.

As shown in the figure above, energy use for the facility is grouped according to fuel type (see Table. Table of Metered Fuel Types), by meter type (see Table. Overall Meter Types) and by end use category type (see Table. End Use Category Types).

Overall Meter Types
Meters
Facility
Building
Zone
System
Plant

Both the fuel types and enduse types are set within the program by the developers. Current Fuel types are shown in the table below. There is also a special category called “EnergyTranser”.

Table of Metered Fuel Types
Utility/Fuel Types
Electricity
Gas
Gasoline
Diesel
Coal
FuelOil#1
FuelOil#2
Propane
Water
Steam
DistrictCooling
DistrictHeating
AdditionalTypes
HeatingCoils
CoolingCoils
Chillers
Boilers
Baseboard
HeatRecoveryForCooling
HeatRecoveryForHeating

The end use types are shown in the following table:

End Use Category Types
End Use Types
InteriorLights
ExteriorLights
InteriorEquipment
ExteriorEquipment
Fans
Pumps
Heating
Cooling
HeatRejection
Humidifier
HeatRecovery
DHW
Cogeneration
Refrigeration
Miscellaneous

Additional End Use Types Only Used for EnergyTransfer:

AdditionalTypes
HeatingCoils
CoolingCoils
Chillers
Boilers
Baseboard
HeatRecoveryForCooling
HeatRecoveryForHeating