[Bldg-sim] Modelica Buildings Library 11.0.0, 10.1.0 and 9.1.2, and BuildingsPy 5.1.0 released

[Michael Wetter]

The Modelica Buildings Library 11.0.0, 10.1.0 and 9.1.2 were released on
April 9, 2024.

The Modelica Buildings Library 11.0.0 is a major release. Version 10.1.0 is
a minor release with new models, version 9.1.2 is a maintenance release,
and both are backward compatible with 10.0.0 and 9.1.1, respectively. All
three versions contain various model improvements and versions 10.1.0 and
11.0.0 also include new models.

BuildingsPy 5.1.0 adds support for updating Continuous Integration test
specifications for OpenModelica and Optimica, and it contains bug fixes.
The following major changes have been done for the Modelica Buildings
Library 11.0.0:

   - A package for central plants with reversible air-to-water heat pumps
   has been added to Buildings.Templates.Plants.HeatPumps
   <https://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/modelica/releases/v11.0.0/help/Buildings_Templates_Plants_HeatPumps.html>.
   The package allows configuration of the type of hydronic integration.
   - The models for 1st to 5th generation district heating and cooling
   systems have been expanded and revised, a user guide has been added, and
   the models have been moved from the package Buildings.Experimental.DHC
    to Buildings.DHC
   <https://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/modelica/releases/v11.0.0/help/Buildings_DHC.html>
   .
   - A package for domestic hot water generation and loads that are served
   by a district system has been added to Buildings.DHC.Loads.HotWater
   <https://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/modelica/releases/v11.0.0/help/Buildings_DHC_Loads_HotWater.html>
   .
   - The initialization of the Spawn model has been refactored to avoid an
   iteration between Modelica and EnergyPlus as this caused numerical problems
   for some model configurations.
   - The implementation of the blocks for the Control Description Language (
   CDL
   <https://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/modelica/releases/v11.0.0/help/Buildings_Controls_OBC_CDL.html>),
   which is being standardized through ASHRAE Standard 231P, has been revised
   to comply with the latest draft of the standard.
   - A tutorial for how to build a simple system model has been added to
   Buildings.Examples.Tutorial.SimpleHouse
   <https://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/modelica/releases/v11.0.0/help/Buildings_Examples_Tutorial_SimpleHouse.html>
   .

For a detailed list of changes, see the version 11.0.0 release notes
<https://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/modelica/releases/v11.0.0/help/Buildings_UsersGuide_ReleaseNotes.html>
.

The library has been tested with Dymola 2024x, OpenModelica 1.22.1-1,
OPTIMICA 1.48.2 and recent versions of Impact.
The following major changes have been done for the Modelica Buildings
Library 10.1.0:

   - A package to model aquifer thermal energy storage has been added to
   Buildings.Fluid.Geothermal.Aquifer
   <https://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/modelica/releases/v10.1.0/help/Buildings_Fluid_Geothermal_Aquifer.html>
   .

Besides, various minor model improvements and bug fixes have been
implemented.

For a detailed list of changes, see the version 10.1.0 release notes
<https://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/modelica/releases/v10.1.0/help/Buildings_UsersGuide_ReleaseNotes.html>
.

The library has been tested with Dymola 2024x, OpenModelica 1.22.1-1,
OPTIMICA 1.43.4 and recent versions of Impact.
The following major changes have been done for the Modelica Buildings
Library 9.1.2:

   - The interface for the EnergyPlus zone model has been updated in a
   backward compatible way to make it easier to couple a radiator the model.
   See the example
   Buildings.ThermalZones.EnergyPlus_9_6_0.Examples.SingleFamilyHouse.Radiator
   <https://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/modelica/releases/v10.1.0/help/Buildings_ThermalZones_EnergyPlus_9_6_0_Examples_SingleFamilyHouse.html>
   .

Besides, various minor model improvements and bug fixes have been
implemented.

For a detailed list of changes, see the version 9.1.2 release notes.
<https://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/modelica/releases/v9.1.2/help/Buildings_UsersGuide_ReleaseNotes.html>

The library has been tested with Dymola 2023x, OpenModelica 1.22.0-dev
(41-g8a5b18f-1), OPTIMICA 1.43.4 and recent versions of Impact.
The following changes have been done for BuildingsPy 5.0.0:

   - In buildingspy.development.regressiontest
   <https://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/modelica/buildingspy/development.html#module-buildingspy.development.regressiontest>,
   corrected bug that caused CI tests to not fail if run in batch mode and a
   reference file was missing.
   - In buildingspy.io.outputfile
   <https://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/modelica/buildingspy/io.html#buildingspy.io.outputfile.Reader>,
   corrected error reporting for Dymola that caused a string index out of
   range.
   - Added support to generate unit test configuration file conf.yml for
   OpenModelica and Optimica tests.
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