Chapter 1. Release Notes

1.1. Version 1.6.0
1.2. Version 1.5.0
1.3. Version 1.4.0
1.4. Version 1.3.0
1.5. Version 1.2.0
1.6. Version 1.1.0
1.7. Version 1.0.0

Apple has enabled a new default security oriented featured called System Integrity Protection, often called rootless, in OS X 10.11 onwards. This new feature prevents all versions of the BCVTB to run correctly. A workaround is available at https://github.com/lbl-srg/bcvtb/issues/32

  • Fixed a bug that was causing system environment variables to be ignored.

  • The example files have been updated for EnergyPlus 8.5.0.

  • The BCVTB support for Windows 32 bit has been discontinued.

  • This version has been compiled with Java (1.8.0_77 64-bit). It has been tested on Linux (Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit), Windows (7 and 8.1 64-bit), Mac OS X (10.10 64-bit) with latest releases of EnergyPlus (8.5.0), MATLAB (R2016a), and Dymola (2016 FD01).