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Can I define electricity but also gas consumption for the same space?

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a88129
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Can I define electricity but also gas consumption for the same space?

In my kitchen, there is several electrical equipment but also gas equipment. However, in REVIT I can only define the power density of the equipment, and then in Insight it will assign everything as if it were electrical energy.

What should I do to obtain the gas result?

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giuseppe_ardito
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Hi @a88129 

Thank you for reaching out!

To incorporate gas equipment into space systems and understand their impact on energy consumption based on current Revit and Insight capabilities, I suggest the following approach:

Define the gas equipment in Revit as part of the Power Loads, using a conversion factor to translate fossil fuel consumption into electricity usage. A common rule of thumb is that 1 kBtu of fossil fuel consumption typically equals 3 to 5 kBtu of electricity. You can apply this ratio to include gas consumption in the Power Loads in Revit and run a simulation.

However, the gas consumption will still appear under electricity usage in the EUI breakdown, as Revit currently does not support the inclusion of gas equipment per-space .

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