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If the component ends up being popular and people don’t abuse it, I think I will add an option to output the monthly energy balance. I’m realizing that the real-time nature of the component has a lot of educational value to quickly show people how different programs and geometries have their loads driven by different factors. It also provides a quick sanity check before adding in real HVAC systems or detailed natural ventilation strategies since I’m sure we all have experienced the case of waiting several minutes for a simulation only to see that we made a dumb mistake and need to re-run it.
Given how I structured the component, it seems it would be tough for people to simulate a case that it wasn’t intended for and I just added a warning for the one remaining case where I can see some potential for abuse. So, at this point, I think the only area where it could be misused is in people’s interpretation of the results. For example, if people start referring to the “load intensity” output as “end use intensity” or EUI. Or if people think that modeling loads is all that they ever need to to do to inform design decisions about energy efficiency.
So let’s see how it does in the wild!