| 02-28-17 | College Park and Denver virtual reACT houses go online. |
| 03-01-17 | Heat transfer model in wallGeom.exWallHeatXfer() was improved to include thermal conduction through external-wall windows. |
| 03-17-17 | Minor format and content changes to SD2017PVmodules.xml. |
| 04-03-17 | Major updates to the structure of the PV module and related classes contained in PVperformance.py. A new module houseDesignParam.py was created to contain reACT and LEAFHouse design elements. predictDay.py was modified to accept the changes. |
| 05-03-17 | The first phase of virtual LEAFHouse went on line. |
| 05-26-17 | Major update to the directory structure of the software project to facilitate future expansion; virtual/actual LEAFHouse power production comparison goes online. |
| 07-05-17 | Added Schlick's approximation to solarIrradiance.projectIrrad to model sunrise/set conditions; LEAFHouse Neurio power consumption readings and plotting added; new hvac class. |
| 07-14-17 | Simplified ERV thermal/electrical power and infiltration models added to hvac class. |
| 07-16-17 | Floor/environment heat transfer added to both reACT and LEAFHouse; updated LEAFHouse external dimensions. |
| 07-19-17 | Modifications to irradDay.project() accounting for shading of direct irradiance ED by trees and other objects after sunrise/before sunset. |
| 07-26-17 | Courtyard energy and house CO2 balances added. |
| 08-11-17 | Improved infiltration model; Greenwall CO2 consumption model element added. |
| 08-15-17 | Removal of a number of coding redundancies including the elimination of dailySimularor.py, incorporating the current existing virtual reACT and LEAFHouse information as an alternative constructor function in the predictDay class. |
| 08-23-17 | Numerical instability resolved by computing Greencourt air temperature based on a quasi-steady state assumption using a finite-difference Newton procedure. All sustainability metrics are in place. |
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