<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 6.5.7651.14"> <TITLE>release of ESP-r version 11.2</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY>  Dear ESP-r users and developers, Version 11.2 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 <A HREF="http://subversion.tigris.org/project_packages.html">http://subversion.tigris.org/project_packages.html</A>. Once you have installed the Subversion client you can download the source code for version 11.2 of ESP-r anonymously using the following command:         svn checkout <A HREF="https://esp-r.net/espr/esp-r/trunk">https://esp-r.net/espr/esp-r/trunk</A>         OR         svn checkout <A HREF="http://esp-r.net/espr/esp-r/trunk">http://esp-r.net/espr/esp-r/trunk</A> If you previously downloaded version 11.1 with the above command, then you do not have to do a full download of version 11.2.  Rather, you can update the source code with the following command:         svn update <A HREF="https://esp-r.net/espr/esp-r/trunk">https://esp-r.net/espr/esp-r/trunk</A>         OR         svn update <A HREF="http://esp-r.net/espr/esp-r/trunk">http://esp-r.net/espr/esp-r/trunk</A> (ESP-r developers who wish to make source code contributions to ESP-r should contact me directly so that we can configure an account for you on ESP-r Central.  Further information on ESP-r Central for developers is available on the ESRU web site.) ESP-r source code is available exclusively through ESP-r Central.  However, ESRU will continue to produce and post pre-compiled versions for specific operating environments on its web site.  These binary versions will generally be made available within a few days of a source code release and will be announced to this e-mail list.  Release notes will also continue to be posted on the ESRU web site. Regards, - Ian Ian Beausoleil-Morrison ESP-r Archivist Natural Resources Canada Release Notes 11.2 (November 2006) ==================== Generic Code Update ------------------- - ESP-r can now be compiled using the gcc4/gfortran compiler set that   is shipped with many current Linux distributions.  However, non-trivial   numerical differences have been found between ESP-r compiled with   gcc4/gfortran and ESP-r compiled with gcc3/g77.  Consequently gcc4/gfortran   builds should be considered beta for the time being. - The 'Install' script has been redesigned to streamline the installation   process.  A number of redundant user prompts have been removed and support   for compilations 'out of the box' has been improved for Sun cc/f90 and MINGW. - The 'Readme' file has been re-written to reflect recent changes to the   distribution and compilation of ESP-r, and to provide the user with more   information. - The 'text-only' version of ESP-r was revived, allowing users to build ESP-r   on environments on which neither X11 nor GTK is available. Simulator --------- - The treatment for half-hour centred solar data (such as found in CWEC   climate files) has been updated so that sub-hour simulations use the   appropriate interpolation.  This affects only solar data. - A small bug affecting insolation analysis has been corrected. - A new plant component model of an adsorption storage unit has been added   and variants of existing plant components for water storage tanks,   pumps, pipes, and a new controller have been created to support the   modelling of adsorption storage systems.  Interested users are referred   to the M.A.Sc. thesis of Maria Mottillo, which is available in the 'related   publications' section of the ESRU web site. - A new plant component has been added for modelling solar thermal   collectors.  Interested users are referred to a paper by Didier Thevenard,   Kamel Haddad, and Julia Purdy, which is available in the 'related   publications' section of the ESRU web site. - A new boundary condition type has been added to the building thermal   domain to support the CEN 13791 standard.  A treatment has also been added   to support the CEN 13791 approach for modelling surface convection.   (The CEN 13791 approach for treating solar absorption on the other side of   partitions will be added in a future release.)  Numerous interface changes   have been incorporated to allow users to impose the CEN 13791 standard for   testing/validating projects. Project Manager --------------- - ISO 6946 U-values are now reported. - Simulation presets can now support the integration of hourly results. - The logic for flow component multi-sensor controllers has been reworked. - Numerous changes have been made to improve program navigation and work   flow. - Additional contextual help has been added, e.g. reporting of energy   balances, external pressure coefficients. - There is increased use of GTK widgets to improve the operation of ESP-r   built with the GTK (versus the X11) libraries. - The logic supporting optical property switching has been corrected and   extended. - Improvements have been made to QA reports. - Improvements have been made to the viewing of CFD domains and the feedback   provided to the user. - A number of exemplar models have been improved. - A bug caused problems when running models which included both pre-defined   simulation periods and a CFD domain.  This has been repaired. - A bug caused program crashes when a faulty zone fuzzy logic controller   was specified.  This has been repaired. - A facility has been added to allow the copying of infiltration/ventilation   and/or casual gains from other zones.  Data can also be scaled by   zone volume or floor area. - A bug related to the drawing of the site origin has been repaired. - A new exemplar has been added with an abstract representation   of a heated floor and a chilled ceiling. Quality Control Utility ----------------------- - A number of bugs were repaired in the regression tester. - New functionality has been added to the regression tester to help   diagnose differences between reference and test versions of ESP-r   and to compare run-time differences. 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 by providing the   following URL to your web browser: <A HREF="https://esp-r.net/wsvn/espr/wsvn/esp-r/">https://esp-r.net/wsvn/espr/wsvn/esp-r/</A>. </BODY> </HTML>