Our local code requires that we report the TEDI metric - Thermal Energy Demand Intensity. This is calculated by reporting the sum of heating energy of all HVAC components in a model. It would be great if the IES API could include this ability.
Thank you!
Request - process HVAC variables
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crollinjones
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Re: Request - process HVAC variables
Hi Christopher,
Is that something you could approach currently through use of the set of Vista output variables available to you or by applying subMeters in your model?
Phil
Is that something you could approach currently through use of the set of Vista output variables available to you or by applying subMeters in your model?
Phil
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crollinjones
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Re: Request - process HVAC variables
Phil,
Yes, I am currently doing this task using Vista reports but it does take some time. Automating with Python would be a welcome addition.
Yes, I am currently doing this task using Vista reports but it does take some time. Automating with Python would be a welcome addition.
Re: Request - process HVAC variables
@crollinjones have you attempted to do this? The purpose of the Python API is so users such as us can create our own automated workflows to help things like this, not necessarily so that the IES team can do it for us. This would be a pretty straightforward calculation and a great example to test out the scripting interface for you. Alternatively, you might be able to get pretty close to this with custom variables in VistaPro.