My "Energy Consumption Summary" report numbers were wacky. I modelled a VAV with gas heating and electric reheat at the boxes and got a huge number for gas consumption and zero for electric consumption. Does anybody know what goes on in the background of this software? How does Trane know when electric reheat will be used? From my results, it looks like I do not need reheat.
Then I modelled a changover-bypass VAV with gas heating and no electric reheat. The results were shocking to me. With the same room and vent loads, the gas consumption was a lot lower than the VAV w/reheat system. Even the primary cooling was results were lower too.
Can anybody shed some light on this topic? Thanks.