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shoulder season day. Particularly notable is that there are several large
spikes in electricity draw - particularly early in the morning when the
heating setpoint increases, and then throughout therest oftheday forDHW
and appliances. Other causes of high peaks are from cooking (e.g., from the
electric oven).
Fig. 7.16 Key performance metrics on April 13: (a) PV power generation
and gross and net power consumption; (b) passive solar performance,
including indoor temperature response from solar gains (from Doiron,
O'Brien, and Athienitis (2011))
7.2.4 Redesign Study
In order to perform further analysis on ÉcoTerra, a detailed model was
created. EnergyPlus (Department of Energy (DOE), 2009) was selected for
its relative ease ofuse, extensive features, and interoperability with avariety