[BLDG-SIM] New Version of EnergyPlus (1.0.3) Now Available

[Drury.Crawley at EE.DOE.GOV]

A new version of EnergyPlus (1.0.3) was released on November 29, 2002 and
is now available on the EnergyPlus web site (www.energyplus.gov).  Version
1.0.3 is currently available for Windows with a Linux version to follow in
mid-December.

What's New in EnergyPlus V 1.0.3

The following new or improved capabilities have been added in this release:
·     Composite Constructions data set
·     Variable Speed Fans
·     Cooling Tower improvements
·     Many COMIS improvements (e.g. COMIS air flow through interzone
windows and doors,
            venting through openable doors, add "no vent" strategy)
·     Pond heat exchanger
·     Ground surface heat exchanger
·     Coldest Zone supply air set point strategy
·     Atmospheric pollution calculation reporting
·     Design Day "inputs" from weather files
·     Entire Design Conditions produced as Location-Design Day combo data
set file
·     New input file example for each new feature
·     Weather data interpolation (hourly to time step)
·     Improved reporting (EnergyPlus, Weather statistics)
·     Searching capability (Acrobat index) for all documentation
·     Improved documentation (Output Details document, Input Output
Reference, Engineering,
            Auxiliary Programs)

Available for download at no cost from the EnergyPlus web site:
http://www.energyplus.gov

To get your questions quickly answered about EnergyPlus?joint the
EnergyPlus email group on Yahoo?

Email Group EnergyPlus_Support at yahoogroups

We have established an email group is to foster discussion as well as
maintain an archive of information for EnergyPlus users.  The files area
will allow for uploads of specific files though attachments to email are
also allowed.  Suggestions on improvements for EnergyPlus as well as
questions about EnergyPlus usage are welcomed.  This group does not replace
the primary support email address of EnergyPlus-Support at gard.com .

The main page for the group is at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EnergyPlus_Support

To subscribe, send an email message to:
EnergyPlus_Support-subscribe at yahoogroups.com

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Thanks!
EnergyPlus Team



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