<![CDATA[Category: simulation | DROMOTHERM]]> 2026-05-19T11:11:04+00:00 https://www.dromotherm.com/ Recurser <![CDATA[Simulation with EnergyPlus]]> 2026-05-09T00:00:00+00:00 https://www.dromotherm.com/2026/05/energyplus-sim Rather than rebuilding from scratch in python, a robust approach is to use energyplus

Exemple of a tertiairy building :

Area	[m2]
Total Building Area	1377.00
Net Conditioned Building Area	906.00
Unconditioned Building Area	471.00

air to water heat pump with gaz boiler in backup

consumption	Electricity [GJ]	Natural Gas [GJ]
Heating	16.01	18.66
Pumps	0.79	0.00
Total End Uses	16.80	18.66

zone HVAC	Design Size Maximum Water Flow Rate [m3/s]	U-Factor times Area [W/C]
RDC BASEBOARD	0.000931	755.96
RPLUS1 BASEBOARD	0.000857	695.28

PlantLoop	Initial Maximum Loop Flow Rate [m3/s]	Initial Plant Loop Volume [m3]	Maximum Loop Flow Rate [m3/s]	Plant Loop Volume [m3]
WATER_HEATING_LOOP	0.001788	0.214543	0.001788	0.214543

Pump:VariableSpeed	Initial Design Flow Rate [m3/s]	Initial Design Power Consumption [W]	Design Flow Rate [m3/s]	Design Power Consumption [W]
INSIDE_VARIABLE_PUMP	0.001788	456.78	0.001788	456.78

HeatPump:PlantLoop:EIR:Heating	Initial Design Size Load Side Volume Flow Rate [m3/s]	Initial Design Size Source Side Volume Flow Rate [m3/s]	Design Size Nominal Capacity [W]	User-Specified Nominal Capacity [W]	Design Size Load Side Volume Flow Rate [m3/s]	Design Size Source Side Volume Flow Rate [m3/s]
HPATW_EIR_EIR_HEATPUMP_AIR2WATER	0.001788	2.07	73564.99	35000.00	0.001788	2.07

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