LBNL releases version 1.0 of the Modelica "Buildings" library and the
Python "BuildingsPy" package to automate Modelica simulations.

The Modelica "Buildings" library is a free open-source library with dynamic
simulation models for building energy and control systems. The library
contains models for
* air-based HVAC systems,
* water-based heating systems,
* controls,
* heat transfer among rooms and the outside, and
* multizone airflow, including natural ventilation and contaminant
transport.

The primary use of the library is for flexible and fast modeling of
building energy and control systems to accelerate innovation leading to
cost-effective very low energy systems for new and existing buildings. The
library is particularly suited for
* rapid prototyping of new building systems,
* analysis of the operation of existing building systems,
* development, specification, verification and deployment of building
controls within a model-based design process, and
* reuse of models during operation for functional testing, for
verification of control sequences, for energy-minimizing controls, fault
detection and diagnostics.

All development is open-source and we welcome contributions.

For more information, visit http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/modelica/

Together with the Modelica library, we also released "BuildingsPy," a
Python package that can be used
* to run Modelica simulations using Dymola,
* to process output files that were generated by Dymola or OpenModelica,
and
* to run unit tests as part of the library development.

For more information, visit
http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/modelica/buildingspy/