EnergyPlus Interface Developer's Guide - EERE - U.S. Department ...

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................1
Figure 1. EnergyPlus Input/Output Overview ........................................................1
Interface Expectations.....................................................................................................2
Input Interface Attributes ...........................................................................................2
Post-processing Interface Attributes ..........................................................................2
EnergyPlus Install Contents ............................................................................................................3
Input Overview.................................................................................................................................5
General Input Rules ........................................................................................................5
Input Data Dictionary.......................................................................................................6
Rules specific to the Input Data Dictionary ................................................................6
Input Data File.................................................................................................................6
Rules specific to Input Data file:.................................................................................6
Input Details .....................................................................................................................................7
IDD Conventions .............................................................................................................7
IDD – IP Units..........................................................................................................10
Example Object.......................................................................................................13
Using the Input-Output Reference Document ..........................................................14
Figure 2. Using IDFEditor to find the latest groups and objects for the
Energy+.idd ........................................................................................................15
Standard EnergyPlus Units ...........................................................................................16
Table 1. Standard EnergyPlus Units ...................................................................16
EnergyPlus Reports ......................................................................................................17
Output ............................................................................................................................................18
Figure 3. Example Chart from Standard Output File...........................................19
Weather Data.................................................................................................................................20
Running EnergyPlus......................................................................................................................21
Table 2. EnergyPlus Output Files.......................................................................21
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