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.

Compatibility Matrix

OpenStudio Load Flexibility Measures Gem	OpenStudio	Ruby
0.8.0	3.7	2.7
0.7.0	3.6	2.7
0.6 - 0.6.1	3.5	2.7
0.5	3.4	2.7
0.4	3.2	2.7
0.3.2	3.2	2.7
0.2.0 - 0.2.1	3.1	2.5
0.1.1 - 0.1.3	3.0	2.5

Contributing

Please review the OpenStudio Contribution Policy if you would like to contribute code to this gem.

Releasing

• Update CHANGELOG.md
• Run rake rubocop:auto_correct
• Run rake openstudio:update_copyright
• Run rake openstudio:update_measures (this has to be done last since prior tasks alter measure files)
• Update version in readme.md
• Review dependency versions in openstudio-load-flexibility.gemspec (especially openstudio-standards and openstudio-extension)
• Update version in /lib/openstudio/load-flexibility/version.rb. Do not create a patch release if there are breaking changes or if this new version will support a biannual OpenStudio release; make a "minor" release instead. (ex: going from 0.7.0 to 0.8.0)
• Create PR to master, after tests and reviews complete, then merge
• Locally - from the master branch, run rake release
• 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.