v0.8.4

Minor bug fixes. Last minor update on the 0.8 version before significant changes from the HVAC module and space type refactor. Includes NECB updates.

What's Changed

• Including boiler fuel type and capacity ratio changes, SHW fuel type changes, and changes from master. by @ckirney in #1833
• Update from nrcan branch by @ckirney in #1850
• Updates from nrcan to support VSCode and NREL Docker images by @ckirney in #1851
• Merging changes from nrcan_434 by @ckirney in #1858
• Including fix to missing system 6 air loops by @ckirney in #1862
• Tweak a comment in test_dcv.rb just for the sake of re-running all te… by @ckirney in #1863
• Update code to determine if HW loop is required for a Heating system. Removing support for TPFC systems for cooling only until code supports it. by @ckirney in #1867
• Fixing type in boiler_fueltype parameter in noair baseboard ECM. by @ckirney in #1868
• Pulling additional fixes when setting the system type by @ckirney in #1873
• Update from nrcan branch by @ckirney in #1877
• Including HS15 CASHP by @ckirney in #1879
• Nrcan 434 by @ckirney in #1880
• Including ability to force the system type used by TZs in the building. by @ckirney in #1884
• Update with revised regression test results by @ckirney in #1885
• Including changes to force hot-water fan coils in air loops if desired by @ckirney in #1892
• Including carbon pricing in NPV calculation (#1899) by @ckirney in #1900
• Nrcan by @ckirney in #1907
• Include peak electric, electric heating, and electric water heating u… by @ckirney in #1908
• Incorporating ECCC emission factors for natural gas and predicted emission factors for electricity grids. by @ckirney in #1910
• nrcan_462: Two tasks: 1) Change control zone for system 4; 2) Change setpoint of hot-water loop in the HS14, HS15, and HS16 systems by @srgilani in #1960
• Using heating requirement to determine the sys 4 control zone. Increasing the loop setpoint temperature to 60 C. Updating by @ckirney in #1964
• Update necb_2011.rb by @ckirney in #1970
• Adding try_sizing_run method to sizing run 2. Inculding sizing run s… by @ckirney in #1973
• Merge thermal zone multiplier map fixes by @ckirney in #1977
• Nrcan merge master by @ckirney in #1979
• Nrcan merge master by @ckirney in #1980
• Update which applies the local costing .csv files, fixing the costing issue by @ckirney in #1981
• Including reference to costing csv files by @ckirney in #1983
• Nrcan by @ckirney in #1985
• Speed tests by @phylroy in #1986
• Updating covert_arg_to_bool to work as intended by @ckirney in #1993
• Updating covert_arg_to_bool to work as intended (#1993) by @ckirney in #1994
• Nrcan merge master by @ckirney in #1995
• Nrcan 460 merge by @ckirney in #2000
• Nrcan merge os390 by @ckirney in #1988
• log_messages_to_runner: allow passing custom exclusions by @jmarrec in #2011
• Fix incorrect model call to unmet hours check in baseline PRM by @mdahlhausen in #2008
• Fix broken generate_userdata_to_csv by @jmarrec in #2004
• Fix #2006 - Do not instantiate unique model objects (SiteGroundTemperatureXXX) by @jmarrec in #2007
• #2009 - Ground condition error handling by @jmarrec in #2010

Full Changelog: v0.8.3...v0.8.4