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[EnergyPlus_Support] Re: Energy Plus v2.0



Thanks for the update! 

Now can someone tell me how I suppose to wait for the 12th? All 
these new toys that a can't play with yet! Please hurry before I 
drool myself into a coma....... ;<). 

Thanks again,

Mike

--- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Drury.Crawley@... wrote:
>
> Scheduled release date is April 12th.  We're running through 
another
> round of testing now and if no problems, we're still on schedule.
> 
> EnergyPlus Version 2.0 Available  April 2007
> 
> The next release of the EnergyPlus building energy simulation 
program,
> Version 2.0, will become available in early April.  Two key new 
features
> include green roofs and phase change material simulation.  We have 
updated
> and extended capabilities throughout the existing building 
envelope,
> daylighting, and HVAC equipment and systems portions of the 
program.  Some
> of the new features include:
> 
> Data Sets
>    ·  New materials data set based on ASHRAE 2005 HOF replaces 
legacy DOE-2
>       and BLAST data.
> 
> Input
>    ·  New weather data for 86 locations added:  69 in Australia, 
16 in
>       Canada, and 1 in Iran.  Weather data for more than 1300 
locations are
>       now available worldwide.
>    ·  Example input files created for all new features (More than 
225
>       example input files now available).
> 
> Geometry/Window/Walls/Shading
>    ·  Phase change materials (PCM) with variable thermal 
conductivity and a
>       temperature-enthalpy function incorporated in conduction 
finite
>       difference solution algorithm.
>    ·  Users can now enter interzone surfaces once and EnergyPlus 
will
>       automatically create the mirror interzone surface.
> 
> Zone Model
>    ·  Zone Sizing modified to allow standards-type calculation of 
design
>       outside air flow rates; allows min cooling and max heating 
limits on
>       design supply air flow rates.
> 
> Natural and Mechanical Ventilation
>    ·  Simple Ventilation object now reports air changes per hour
>    ·  New options in UnitVentilator include no coil option and 
fixed amount
>       for outside air control strategy.
>    ·  AirflowNetwork model can now use Zone Exhaust Fan, OnOff 
supply fan
>       and the DX heating coil objects.
> 
> HVAC
>    ·  Evaporative condenser option added to existing refrigerated 
case
>       compressor racks including availability schedule and basin 
heater
>       with controls.
>    ·  Draw-through fan configuration added for furnaces, unitary 
system and
>       air-to-air heat pumps.
>    ·  Different supply air flow rates now allowed for cooling, 
heating and
>       when no cooling or heating is required in unitary, furnace 
and
>       air-to-air heat pumps.
>    ·  Common Pipe for Primary-Secondary systems provides an 
alternative to
>       the Connection component object to model Primary-Secondary 
systems
>    ·  Desiccant heat exchanger option added for the existing heat
>       exchanger-assisted cooling coil object.
>    ·  Stratified water heater model added.
> 
> Water Manager
>    ?     Green roof simulation added.
> 
> On-Site Energy Supply
> ?     Combustion micro cogeneration model added.
> 
> Output
>    ·  Report Variables and Meter Variables (rdd and mdd) separately
>       reported and output as IDF.
>    ·  Meters can now report cumulative value in addition to 
resetting at
>       reporting time interval.
> 
> Utilities
>    ·  New tab in EP-Launch added where users can launch other
>       utilities?Basement, CalcSoilSurfTemp, CoeffCheck, CoeffConv, 
Slab or
>       WeatherConverter.
>    ·  IDF Editor now preserves the order of user IDFs and includes 
a large
>       number of other new features.
> 
> Documentation and Guides
>    ·  Input/Output Reference and Engineering Reference updated and 
extended
>       for all new features and updates. Total documentation now 
exceeds
>       3300 pages.
> 
> And many other enhancements and speed improvements throughout.
>




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