[esp-r] Re: release of ESP-r version 11.9

[Ian Beausoleil-Morrison]

> And all I need to do if I already have a previous Linux version of ESP-r
> installed is to to access this trunk file through the terminal and type
'svn
> update'?

Correct.



> ________________________________________
> From: esp-r-bounces at lists.strath.ac.uk [esp-r-bounces at lists.strath.ac.uk]
On
> Behalf Of Ian Beausoleil-Morrison [ibeausol at mae.carleton.ca]
> Sent: 25 June 2010 17:32
> To: esp-r at lists.strath.ac.uk
> Subject: [esp-r]  release of ESP-r version 11.9
> 
> ESP-r users and developers,
> 
> 
> 
> Version 11.9 of the ESP-r system is now available.  A summary of the
changes
> and new features included in this release is given at the bottom of this
e-
> mail.
> 
> 
> 
> The source code may be accessed via the ESP-r Central Subversion
repository.
> To do this, you must first install a Subversion client on your system.
Free
> clients are available at http://subversion.tigris.org/getting.html.
> 
> 
> 
> Once you have installed the Subversion client you can download the source
> code for version 11.9 of ESP-r anonymously using the following command:
> 
>       svn checkout https://espr.svn.cvsdude.com/esp-r/trunk
> 
> 
> 
> If you already downloaded the source code of a previous version with the
> above command, then you do not have to do a full download of version 11.9.
> Rather, you can update the source code by executing the following command
> from your "trunk" directory:
> 
>       svn update
> 
> 
> 
> (ESP-r developers who wish to make source code contributions to ESP-r
should
> contact Bart Lomanowski at
> Bartosz.Lomanowski at nrcan.gc.ca<mailto:Bartosz.Lomanowski at nrcan.gc.ca> who
can
> configure an account for you on ESP-r Central.  Further information on
ESP-r
> Central for developers is available at
> http://www.esru.strath.ac.uk/Programs/ESP-r_central.htm.)
> 
> 
> 
> ESP-r source code is available exclusively through ESP-r Central.
However,
> you can obtain pre-compiled versions for specific operating environments
on
> ESRU's web site.  These pre-compiled versions will generally be made
> available within a few days of a source code release and will be announced
to
> this e-mail list.
> 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> 
> Ian Beausoleil-Morrison
> 
> ESP-r Archivist on behalf of the ESP-r development team
> 
> 
> 
> Carleton University
> 
> Ottawa, Canada
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Release Notes
> 
> 11.9 (June 2010)
> 
> ================
> 
> 
> 
> Simulator
> 
> ---------
> 
> - A 1-node plant component model of an air-source heat pump has been
added.
> 
>   The model incorporates optional outside air temperature compensation for
> the
> 
>   flow temperature set point and optional defrost calculations.
> 
>   The model is described in:
> 
>     Kelly N J, Cockroft J, Gauri S, "Performance Analysis of Air Source
Heat
> Pumps
> 
>     Using Detailed Simulations and Comparison to Field Trial Data", Paper
> submitted
> 
>     to The Biennial Conference of IBPSA-Canada, eSim2010, Winnipeg,
Canada,
> May 19-20.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Project Manager
> 
> ---------------
> 
> - Further enhancements have been made to the GTK version.
> 
> - Integrated Performance Views can now be generated for models up to 72
> zones.
> 
> - Constructions can now use to up 12 layers.
> 
> - The construction materials database has been cleaned up and materials
> specified
> 
>   in the IBO PassivHaus book have been added.
> 
> - The EPW climate import facility has been updated to support files that
> match the
> 
>   specific format of climate files purchased from CIBSE as well as newer
> additions
> 
>   to the US DOE climate sets.
> 
> - There was a bug in drawing zones which had been defined via the
click-on-
> bitmap
> 
>   facility: this has been fixed.
> 
> - Occupant casual gains defined on a floor-area basis were subject to
> rounding
> 
>   errors in reporting graphs and tables: this has been addressed.
> 
> - The drawing of the site origin has been improved for small and large
> models.
> 
> - Occupancy pattern files and documentation for Korean standard occupancy,
> lighting,
> 
>   and equipment patterns for 30 room types have been added. (Contributed
by
> 
>   DASS Korea.)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Results Analyzer
> 
> ----------------
> 
> - A new facility has been added that allows measured data (e.g. room dry
bulb
> 
>   temperatures) to be associated with a model as an item in a temporal
file.
> 
>   This allows users to display predicted and measured data simultaneously.
> 
> - By convention, a demand imposed on a battery is assigned a positive
value
> if
> 
>   the battery is discharging and a negative value if the battery is
charging.
> 
>   The current and power draws reported by the battery model in the power
flow
> 
>   domain now follow this convention.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Validation/Compliance Checking
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> - The logic, databases, and documentation associated with UK code
> 
>   compliance have been updated based on feedback from the accrediting
board.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> General
> 
> -------
> 
> - The export of ESP-r models to the TSBI3 tool is no longer supported.
(This
> 
>   tool no longer exists.)
> 
> - Further support has been added for the alternate 'META file' model
> description
> 
>   format.
> 
> - Database references have been made to improve model portability between
> 
>   computers.
> 
> - The support of graphics functions on some 64-bit computing environments
has
> 
>   been improved.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Additional Changes
> 
> ------------------
> 
> - Many additional changes have been made that are transparent to the user.
> 
>   Information on these, as well as further details on all the
above-mentioned
> 
>   changes, can be found in ESP-r Central's change log.
>