<html><head><base href="x-msg://12/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear Arianna<div><br></div><div>do you give the command in the "temp/src" folder? Or possibly even "temp/trunk/src"? In any case, you must be in the "src" subfolder of the ESP-r file system.</div><div><br></div><div>Best</div><div>Achim</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div><div>On Dec 16, 2010, at 5:17 PM, <a href="mailto:A.Sdei@brighton.ac.uk">A.Sdei@brighton.ac.uk</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div lang="EN-GB" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="Section1" style="page: Section1; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Dear Ian,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">I have downloaded the new source code. I have put it into a folder in cygwin called temp and I am giving the command ./Install –gcc4 –compiler_version -4 –d /usr/esru to cygwin to launch the installation.  Cygwin says “Install: command not found”, is there anything else i ought to do? Briana sent me a detailed explanation on how to install cygwin and esp-r for windows 7, i don’t have her email address anymore. Could you please put me in contact with her? Thank you for your help,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Arianna<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div><div style="border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; "><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:esp-r-bounces@lists.strath.ac.uk" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">esp-r-bounces@lists.strath.ac.uk</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[mailto:esp-r-bounces@lists.strath.ac.uk]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Ian Beausoleil-Morrison<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>15 December 2010 21:06<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:esp-r@lists.strath.ac.uk" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">esp-r@lists.strath.ac.uk</a><br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[esp-r] release of ESP-r version 11.10<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">ESP-r users and developers,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">Version 11.10 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.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">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<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://subversion.tigris.org/getting.html" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://subversion.tigris.org/getting.html</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">Once you have installed the Subversion client you can download the source code for version 11.10 of ESP-r anonymously using the following command:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">      svn checkout<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://espr.svn.cvsdude.com/esp-r/trunk" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">https://espr.svn.cvsdude.com/esp-r/trunk</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">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 11.10.  Rather, you can update the source code by executing the following command from your "trunk" directory:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">      svn update<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">(ESP-r developers who wish to make source code contributions to ESP-r should contact Bart Lomanowski at<a href="mailto:Bartosz.Lomanowski@nrcan.gc.ca" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Bartosz.Lomanowski@nrcan.gc.ca</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>who can configure an account for you on ESP-r Central.  Further information on ESP-r Central for developers is available at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.esru.strath.ac.uk/Programs/ESP-r_central.htm" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.esru.strath.ac.uk/Programs/ESP-r_central.htm</a>.)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">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.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">Ian Beausoleil-Morrison<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">ESP-r Archivist on behalf of the ESP-r development team<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">Carleton University<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">Ottawa, Canada<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">Release Notes<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">11.10 (December 2010)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">=====================<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">Simulation capabilities<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">-----------------------<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">- The current stratified tank model (plant database comp. No 89) does not support<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  the specification of immersed heat exchangers.  This model has been modified to<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  provide support for specifying a single spiral heat exchanger (plant database<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  comp. No 103) and two spiral heat exchangers (plant database comp. 104). The<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  inputs for these components fix the location of the heat exchangers along the<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  height of the stratified tank and specify the geometry of the spiral of the<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  heat exchanger.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">- The shading and insolation module has been modified to include obstruction<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  block opacity.  With this, opacity factor--ranging from (0 fully transparent)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  to 1 (fully opaque)--can be set for each obstruction block.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">- The grid resolution and the number of obstructions available for shading<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  analyses has been increased.  This allows more complex surfaces with<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  thin frames to be accommodated.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">- A water-filled zone feature has been added.  This can be used in cases where<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  zone-coupled flow is defined via the zone operations file.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">- A bug in the calculation of the humidification/dehumidification load<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  when using ideal zone control with humidity control has been repaired.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  Previously the controller determined the correct relative humidity but<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  incorrectly calculated the required (de)humidification to achieve it.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  The magnitude of the error was larger in models with large latent loads<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  when using long time-steps.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">- An error in the xml/csv output for the average ground temperature used<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  by the BASESIMP model for BASESIMP-type boundary conditions has been<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  corrected.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">Project Manager<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">---------------<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">- An interface has been created in Project Manager to allow users to apply<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  the Alberta air infiltration model (AIM-2).  This model has been available<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  within the Simulator for a decade.  However, it was a 'hidden' feature<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  that required the user to manually configure an input file.  With this<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  additional the AIM-2 model can be more broadly applied.  AIM-2 is a<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  so-called single-zone model for calculating stack and wind driven infiltration<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  rates for single-family detached houses.  It can be considered as an intermediate<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  method lying between the simplified treatment of infiltration via the operation<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  file and the more detailed network air flow approach.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">- An interface has been created in Project Manager to allow users to apply<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  the BASESIMP foundation heat loss model.  This model has been available<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  within the Simulator for a decade and has been partially supported by Project<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  Manager.  However, it was a 'semi-hidden' feature that required the user<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  to manually configure an input file.  With this addition the BASESIMP model<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  can be more broadly applied.  BASESIMP is a model for predicting both the<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  above-grade and below-grade heat transfer from residential slab-on-grade and<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  basement foundations and considers time-varying soil temperatures.  It is<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  appropriate for use with small footprint buildings.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">- An interface has been created in Project Manager to allow users to apply<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  the 'idealized' HVAC models that were added by NRCan to support the HOT3000<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  software about a decade ago.  These models have remained a 'hidden' feature<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  that required the user to manually configure an input file.  With this<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  addition the idealized HVAC models can be more broadly applied.  These can be<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  considered as simplified methods for predicting fuel and electricity consumption<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  of residential HVAC equipment that are used in conjunction with ESP-r's zone<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  controls.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">- Improvements have been made to the menu structure to facilitate working<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  with models that included large numbers of control loops and large numbers<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  of zones and/or surfaces.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">- Logic has been introduced to identify convex and concave corners in rooms<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  to automate creation of thermal bridge locations based on the room topology.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">- The number of in-built ground temperature profiles has been increased and<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  further documentation has been added to assist in appropriate selections.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">- A method has been introduced to scan the climate data, generate ground<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  temperatures at different depths and report estimated ground temperatures<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  (via Marshall and Holmes 1988).  The Kusuda method for calculating ground<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  temperatures has also been added.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">Validation/Compliance Checking<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">- A large number of interface and modelling changes have been made to provide<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  the functionality required by the UK ‘National Calculation Method’ (NCM).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  A decision on ESP-r’s compliance with the NCM is expected in the near future.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">General<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">-------<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">- ESP-r can no longer be compiled with GCC3.  An upgrade to GCC4 is now mandatory.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">- Support has been added for the Install script to auto-detect the architecture<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  on Cygwin running under Windows Vista and Windows 7.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">- A number of new climate files have been included while some others have been<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  updated.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">- A number of new exemplars have been added.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">- A number of changes to the automated testing scripts have been made.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">- Corrected material vapour diffusion values for several entries associated<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  with the IBO PassivHaus reference book. This would only impact models<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  which used these materials and where interstitial condensation reports<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  are generated.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">- The Climate Analyzer includes a facility to convert global horizontal<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  into beam and diffuse.  This was updated to make it more robust<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  and to offer three methods: the Erbs Klein & Duffy method, the<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  Maxwell method and Orgill & Hollands method.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">Additional Changes<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">------------------<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">- Many additional changes have been made that are transparent to the user.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  Information on these, as well as further details on all the above-mentioned<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; "><span lang="EN-CA">  changes, can be found in ESP-r Central's change log.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; 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