<div dir="ltr"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(2,46,77);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">The Modelica Buildings Library 11.0.0, 10.1.0 and 9.1.2 were released on April 9, 2024.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(2,46,77);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">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.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(2,46,77);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">BuildingsPy 5.1.0 adds support for updating Continuous Integration test specifications for OpenModelica and Optimica, and it contains bug fixes.</p><h2 id="m_7447515460920060377gmail-the-following-major-changes-have-been-done-for-the-modelica-buildings-library-1100" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;color:rgb(2,46,77);margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:1.7em">The following major changes have been done for the Modelica Buildings Library 11.0.0:</h2><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;color:rgb(2,46,77);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box">A package for central plants with reversible air-to-water heat pumps has been added to <a href="https://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/modelica/releases/v11.0.0/help/Buildings_Templates_Plants_HeatPumps.html" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(117,0,0)" target="_blank">Buildings.Templates.Plants.HeatPumps</a>. The package allows configuration of the type of hydronic integration.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">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 <code style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Menlo,Monaco,Consolas,"Courier New",monospace;font-size:12.6px;padding:2px 4px;color:rgb(117,0,0);background-color:rgb(245,245,245);border-radius:4px;border:0px">Buildings.Experimental.DHC</code> to <a href="https://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/modelica/releases/v11.0.0/help/Buildings_DHC.html" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(117,0,0)" target="_blank">Buildings.DHC</a>.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">A package for domestic hot water generation and loads that are served by a district system has been added to <a href="https://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/modelica/releases/v11.0.0/help/Buildings_DHC_Loads_HotWater.html" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(117,0,0)" target="_blank">Buildings.DHC.Loads.HotWater</a>.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">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.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">The implementation of the blocks for the Control Description Language (<a href="https://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/modelica/releases/v11.0.0/help/Buildings_Controls_OBC_CDL.html" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(117,0,0)" target="_blank">CDL</a>), which is being standardized through ASHRAE Standard 231P, has been revised to comply with the latest draft of the standard.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">A tutorial for how to build a simple system model has been added to <a href="https://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/modelica/releases/v11.0.0/help/Buildings_Examples_Tutorial_SimpleHouse.html" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(117,0,0)" target="_blank">Buildings.Examples.Tutorial.SimpleHouse</a>.</li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(2,46,77);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">For a detailed list of changes, see the <a href="https://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/modelica/releases/v11.0.0/help/Buildings_UsersGuide_ReleaseNotes.html" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(117,0,0)" target="_blank">version 11.0.0 release notes</a>.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(2,46,77);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">The library has been tested with Dymola 2024x, OpenModelica 1.22.1-1, OPTIMICA 1.48.2 and recent versions of Impact.</p><h2 id="m_7447515460920060377gmail-the-following-major-changes-have-been-done-for-the-modelica-buildings-library-1010" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;color:rgb(2,46,77);margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:1.7em">The following major changes have been done for the Modelica Buildings Library 10.1.0:</h2><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;color:rgb(2,46,77);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box">A package to model aquifer thermal energy storage has been added to <a href="https://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/modelica/releases/v10.1.0/help/Buildings_Fluid_Geothermal_Aquifer.html" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(117,0,0)" target="_blank">Buildings.Fluid.Geothermal.Aquifer</a>.</li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(2,46,77);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Besides, various minor model improvements and bug fixes have been implemented.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(2,46,77);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">For a detailed list of changes, see the <a href="https://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/modelica/releases/v10.1.0/help/Buildings_UsersGuide_ReleaseNotes.html" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(117,0,0)" target="_blank">version 10.1.0 release notes</a>.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(2,46,77);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">The library has been tested with Dymola 2024x, OpenModelica 1.22.1-1, OPTIMICA 1.43.4 and recent versions of Impact.</p><h2 id="m_7447515460920060377gmail-the-following-major-changes-have-been-done-for-the-modelica-buildings-library-912" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;color:rgb(2,46,77);margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:1.7em">The following major changes have been done for the Modelica Buildings Library 9.1.2:</h2><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;color:rgb(2,46,77);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box">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 <a href="https://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/modelica/releases/v10.1.0/help/Buildings_ThermalZones_EnergyPlus_9_6_0_Examples_SingleFamilyHouse.html" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(117,0,0)" target="_blank">Buildings.ThermalZones.EnergyPlus_9_6_0.Examples.SingleFamilyHouse.Radiator</a>.</li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(2,46,77);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Besides, various minor model improvements and bug fixes have been implemented.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(2,46,77);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">For a detailed list of changes, see the <a href="https://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/modelica/releases/v9.1.2/help/Buildings_UsersGuide_ReleaseNotes.html" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(117,0,0)" target="_blank">version 9.1.2 release notes.</a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(2,46,77);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">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.</p><h2 id="m_7447515460920060377gmail-the-following-changes-have-been-done-for-buildingspy-500" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;color:rgb(2,46,77);margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:1.7em">The following changes have been done for BuildingsPy 5.0.0:</h2><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;color:rgb(2,46,77);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box">In <a href="https://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/modelica/buildingspy/development.html#module-buildingspy.development.regressiontest" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(117,0,0)" target="_blank">buildingspy.development.regressiontest</a>, corrected bug that caused CI tests to not fail if run in batch mode and a reference file was missing.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">In <a href="https://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/modelica/buildingspy/io.html#buildingspy.io.outputfile.Reader" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(117,0,0)" target="_blank">buildingspy.io.outputfile</a>, corrected error reporting for Dymola that caused a string index out of range.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Added support to generate unit test configuration file <code style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Menlo,Monaco,Consolas,"Courier New",monospace;font-size:12.6px;padding:2px 4px;color:rgb(117,0,0);background-color:rgb(245,245,245);border-radius:4px;border:0px">conf.yml</code> for OpenModelica and Optimica tests.</li></ul><div><font color="#022e4d" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><br></span></font></div></div>