Openstudio Load Flexibility Measures Gem

This gem contains measures for thermal energy storage for building cooling and domestic hot water heating.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'openstudio-load-flexibility-measures'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install 'openstudio-load-flexibility-measures'

Usage

The openstudio-load-flexibility-measures gem contains measures to apply thermal load flexibility to a building model. The current version contains the following:

• Add HPHW (Heat Pump Hot Water Heater)
• Add Central Ice Storage (for plant loops)
• Add Packaged Ice Storage (for rooftop units)

Detailed instructions for usage are included in each measure's respective README.md and docs folder.

Releasing

• Update CHANGELOG.md
• Run rake rubocop:auto_correct
• Update version in /lib/openstudio/openstudio-load-flexibility-measures/version.rb
• Create PR to master, after tests and reviews complete, then merge
• Locally - from the master branch, run rake release
• Release via github
• On GitHub, go to the releases page and update the latest release tag. Name it “Version x.y.z” and copy the CHANGELOG entry into the description box.

TODO

• [ ] Update documentation pdf's to reflect revised measure names