More helpful Weather Helper and Terrain Helper [v3.37.0]

13 June 2024, in Zurich & Singapore

This is our third response to the feedback acquired from the 2023 CEA User Meeting and the Integrated Design Project Course at ETH Zurich.

We have built a new Weather Helper. More than a .epw weather file importer, the new Weather Helper auto searches for and downloads the weather file that best matches the location of your scenario from the web.
We have also built a new Terrain Helper. Instead of producing a flat terrain, the new Terrain Helper generates a terrain file reflecting the actual topography of your scenario from the web.
We enhanced the Energy demand feature so that you will encounter fewer overheating errors for smaller buildings. Please report to us if your overheating error persists.

P.S. Remember that the new Helper scripts require Internet access to work!

The CEA Team

What's Changed

Add function to pull weather data from online sources in weather helper by @reyery in #3588
Release 3.36.1 by @reyery in #3595
Run tests in parallel by @reyery in #3599
Fixes datetime not JSON serializable error by @reyery in #3602
Fetch terrain data from external source by @reyery in #3607
fixing operation result files by @MatNif in #3598
DE database supply technolgies fix by @ddceruti in #3601
updating a wrong term for trees helper by @ShiZhongming in #3609
Consider tree bounds with terrain by @reyery in #3610
Fix high internal temperatures during demand calculation by @reyery in #3608

Full Changelog: v3.36.1...v3.37.0