What's Changed

• performance-for-range-copy by @jmarrec in #59
• Cleanup CI and coverage tests by @nealkruis in #60
• Fix wall area calculations by @nealkruis in #61

Full Changelog: v0.6.5...v0.6.6

Note: This release only impacts results of the stand-alone Kiva executable. It will not impact results in programs linking to libkiva.

What's Changed

• Fix timestep regression in executable by @galanCA in #57
• Fix processing of YAML convection method inputs by @nealkruis in #58

Full Changelog: v0.6.4...v0.6.5

What's Changed

• Pragma warning solution by @galanCA in #48
• Fix warning appearing in older gcc versions. by @galanCA in #49
• Fix compiler check by @galanCA in #50
• Clean warnings in gcc11. by @galanCA in #51
• Increase CI coverage by @galanCA in #54
• Add KIVA_WERROR option to interpret compiler warnings as errors by @galanCA in #55
• Fix plotting and block surface detection by @nealkruis in #56

New Contributors

• @galanCA made their first contribution in #48

Full Changelog: v0.6.3...v0.6.4

Fixes:

• Proper application of radiant temperature boundary conditions in the heat balance equations
• Automatic detection/correction of floor polygon entry in the wrong direction
• Prevent a potential divide-by-zero case for floors with no exposed perimeter and zero-flux deep-ground boundary conditions

Maintenance

• Ensure compilation with C++17
• Update dependencies to latest versions and utilize submodules to facilitate easier updates in the future
• Migrate CI to GitHub Actions
• Other CMake build process improvements

Fixes:

• Fix issue where the top of interior insulation could be part of both the wall-top and slab boundaries.

Features:

• Add Aggregators and Instances to libkiva. These are high level objects used for performing common functions when integrating Kiva into whole building simulation tools.
• Add the ability to define callback functions for convection algorithms. This is useful when a program calling into libkiva has a variety of algorithms to choose from.
• Boundary conditions now include the option of defining different convective temperatures for walls and slabs.

Fixes:

• Fix typo in copying of MoWiTT convection correlations.
• Fix issue where the top of exterior insulation could be part of both the wall-top and grade boundaries.

Features:

• 10-25% speed improvements!
• Changed to more permissive BSD 3-clause license.
• Added better access to boundary conditions in libkiva, including:
  • mean radiant temperatures seen by the slab and interior walls
  • modifiable deep ground boundary temperature

Fixes:

• Major refactoring of source code to eliminate redundancies in code.
• Fix changing surface cell properties (e.g., emissivity) via the higher level
  Foundation inputs in libkiva.

Features:

• 64bit Windows, Mac, and Linux versions.
• Ability to define any block of material within the domain.
• Add inputs to define the foundation footing.
• Add ability to define exposed foundation perimeters (including unexposed/core
  foundations).
• Make horizontal insulation depths relative to the slab and grade surfaces.
• Replace foundation wall height ("Height") with depth relative to bottom
  of the slab ("Depth Below Slab").
• Move boundary, initialization, numerical settings, and output related inputs
  to a higher level.
• Switch to simpler linear solver (Eigen).
  Removes inputs for solver and preconditioner.
• Separate core functionality into a linked libraries.
• Use continuous integration for building and testing.

Fixes:

• Improve output reporting. 2D simulations now report heat transfer rates
  representative of the 3D inputs.
• Allow interior temperature file to be relative to input file (or in working
  directory).
• Create output snapshots directory in same directory as the simulation output
  CSV file.
• Small fixes to solar and convective boundary conditions.
• Better error handling.

• Fixed reading CSVs generated from other operating systems with non-native line endings
• Minor documentation fixes