[EnergyPlus_Support] Simplify IDF for total energy consumption simulation

[Álvaro Fialho <alvarofialho@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear all,

I have here a sample IDF file of a small hotel (~4000 m2). For the 
moment, I'm interested only in the "Total Site Energy" consumption, 
given by the ABUPS report. But its E+ simulation is taking around 14 
minutes.

Are there any simulation aspects that are known to take a lot of time 
and that might be useless in this case? Or.. are there any hints on how 
to simplify the IDF file if I'm interested only in the final total 
energy consumption?

Thanks in advance,
Álvaro.



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