annual_heat_demand and sum of demand as result of bdew.HeatBuilding() differ slightly

[MaGering]

If you check the result, which is returned by bdew.HeatBuilding(), you'll find that its sum differs slightly from your input in annual_heat_demand.

To reproduce this, you can add these two lines to heat_demand_example.py here after calling bdew.HeatBuilding() for a single family housing ('efh'):

    result_annual_heat_demand = sum(demand["efh"])
    print("Sum of heat demand 'efh': ", result_annual_heat_demand)

[p-snft]

To simplify discussion for those who cannot run the code right away: What are the numbers?

[MaGering]

If you pass annual_heat_demand=25000 and shlp_type='EFH', then you'll get sum(demand["efh"]) = 25001.458160603575

[p-snft]

I think, this inaccuracy is quite expected when using floating point numbers. If it's really necessary, it might be mitigated but not avoided.

[p-snft]

I found that the results in this area in the code are pretty sensitive to code changes. Maybe, it is possible to reduce the inaccuracy.