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That's a tough one. I'm pretty sure you can't currently do this explicitly in VE. One option that could work, although pretty complicated, would be to run a second model with a modified weather file that represents the temp/humidity conditions of the penthouse space. Since the building loads would ...

Utilizing purchased energy sources like chilled water, hot water, and steam always requires a bit of a workaround in VE. It will cause further issues due to an approved addendum to 90.1-2022 whereby purchased energy sources will not be subject to the same BPF adjustments as other regulated sources ...

The VistaPro "Tariffs" dialogue is currently set up for "Electricity" to include building electricity consumed, and any renewables ("grid displaced electricity") are reported separately.

This is problematic because electricity rate tariffs are applied to the NET of electricity consumption minus ...

I don't believe that's available in the results file, but you can figure it out with some legwork.
first_day = results_file_reader.first_day
last_day = results_file_reader.last_day
results_per_day = results_file_reader.results_per_day
sim_year = results_file_reader.simulation_year

We use the ...

If you could do it, the "set" method would be in the same place as "get" in the documentation. I'd suggest sharing the feedback that you want this to the "feedback" email address. I'll do the same as setting values for gains is one of the next steps for our parametric tool which is geometry/envelope ...

Is there a way to get information related to which PRM navigator version has been used for a PRM model using VE Scripts?

I've searched the API documentation and example scripts, and haven't found something other than "prm_mode" listed as an enum in section 6.1.12.2. I searched for "prm_mode" and ...

Hi Ben,
I'm not positive, but I don't think you can do that for a project that isn't open. What you MIGHT be able to do is to determine the weather file used from the results file you're opening. Then go directly to the weather file to open it and extract the lat/long from that. EPW files are a csv ...

It sounds like a large part of your issue is the workflow and nature of inheriting someone else's model (aside from the sheer scale of the project w/ 400 systems!!). Airside systems can (and should be) developed as a template first. Then they can be inserted into the .asp file in bulk with all the ...

Hi Ben - Yes, the "read" functionality is there and pretty comprehensive - except for a few system/coil types that are newer in the software (like the newer heat pump coil type, for example). We're using it to do exactly what you're suggesting - extract system data for MEPC (or MEPC-like) reporting ...

Try instead of .