<div dir="ltr"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:10px;color:rgb(2,46,77);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px">The Modelica Buildings Library 7.0.2 and 8.1.0, and BuildingsPy 3.0.0 have been released on December 09, 2021.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px"><b>Modelica Buildings Library version 7.0.2 </b>is a bug fix release. This is the first version of the Buildings Library for which all models translate with OpenModelica. For model coverage, see the page about <a href="https://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/modelica/environments.html" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(117,0,0);box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent">Modelica Tools</a>.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px"><b>Modelica Buildings Library version 8.1.0</b> has various bug fixes and the following major changes:</p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Added a package to compute <a href="https://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/modelica/releases/v8.1.0/help/Buildings_BoundaryConditions_GroundTemperature.html#Buildings.BoundaryConditions.GroundTemperature" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(117,0,0);box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent">undisturbed ground temperatures</a>.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Added <a href="https://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/modelica/releases/v8.1.0/help/Buildings_Controls_OBC_RadiantSystems.html" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(117,0,0);box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent">controllers for radiant cooling and heating systems</a>.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Added a package for <a href="https://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/modelica/releases/v8.1.0/help/Buildings_Experimental_DHC_CentralPlants_Cooling.html" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(117,0,0);box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent">district cooling central plants</a>.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Added a <a href="https://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/modelica/releases/v8.1.0/help/Buildings_Fluid_Boilers.html" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(117,0,0);box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent">new boiler model</a> that is suitable for condensing boilers.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Corrected various errors and improved compliance with the Modelica Language Standard.</li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px">For a detailed list of changes, see the <a href="https://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/modelica/releases/v8.1.0/help/Buildings_UsersGuide_ReleaseNotes.html" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(117,0,0);box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent">release notes.</a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px">These Modelica releases have been tested with Dymola 2022, JModelica (revision 14023), OpenModelica 1.19.0-dev (449+g4f16e6af22), and OPTIMICA (revision OCT-stable-r19089_JM-r14295).</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px"><b>BuildingsPy version 3.0.0</b> contains various improvements for regression testing and for library development. It also contains the new package <a href="https://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/modelica/buildingspy/simulate_Optimica.html" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(117,0,0);box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent">buildingspy.simulate.Optimica</a> that automates the simulation of models with OPTIMICA. For details, see the <a href="https://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/modelica/buildingspy/revisions.html" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(117,0,0);box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent">revision notes</a>.</p></div></div></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:rgb(248,248,248);padding:10px;font-size:10.5px;border-width:0px;background-image:none;border-radius:4px"><br></div></div>