Trees, DE Database, .dmg Installer, and auto-updates are now available [v3.36.0]

21 May 2024, in Zurich & Singapore

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

• Mac users can now install CEA using the new .dmg installer.
• No more reinstallation required! Auto-update is possible for all future CEA releases.
• A German (DE) Database is included.
• A new feature named Tree helper imports tree data for solar raditation anaysis.

Need tutorials for the new CEA Features? Find them at the CEA Learning Camp.

The CEA Team

What's Changed

• Release 3.35.5 by @reyery in https://github.com/architecture-building-systems/CityEnergyAnalyst/pull/3533
• Update workflow and docs based on new GUI build steps by @reyery in https://github.com/architecture-building-systems/CityEnergyAnalyst/pull/3535
• Fix missing html template for plots by @reyery in https://github.com/architecture-building-systems/CityEnergyAnalyst/pull/3536
• Add build tools to environment by @reyery in https://github.com/architecture-building-systems/CityEnergyAnalyst/pull/3539
• Update mac build workflow by @reyery in https://github.com/architecture-building-systems/CityEnergyAnalyst/pull/3548
• Handling zero interest rates by @MatNif in https://github.com/architecture-building-systems/CityEnergyAnalyst/pull/3549
• Fixing interaction between energy potentials and supply system operation by @MatNif in https://github.com/architecture-building-systems/CityEnergyAnalyst/pull/3543
• Enable auto update for windows by @reyery in https://github.com/architecture-building-systems/CityEnergyAnalyst/pull/3553
• Remove multiuser option from setup by @reyery in https://github.com/architecture-building-systems/CityEnergyAnalyst/pull/3559
• Update deprecated pandas append function by @reyery in https://github.com/architecture-building-systems/CityEnergyAnalyst/pull/3561
• Remove MULTIUSER_PAGE_INSTALLMODE by @reyery in https://github.com/architecture-building-systems/CityEnergyAnalyst/pull/3562
• Return empty data even if surroundings file is empty by @reyery in https://github.com/architecture-building-systems/CityEnergyAnalyst/pull/3563
• Add German Building Database by @ddceruti in https://github.com/architecture-building-systems/CityEnergyAnalyst/pull/3521
• Push Docker build to GitHub Container Registry by @reyery in https://github.com/architecture-building-systems/CityEnergyAnalyst/pull/3566
• Fixing oudated excel writer by @MatNif in https://github.com/architecture-building-systems/CityEnergyAnalyst/pull/3567
• removing _new.xlsx in the databases by @ShiZhongming in https://github.com/architecture-building-systems/CityEnergyAnalyst/pull/3570
• 3524 memory error in optimisation script by @MatNif in https://github.com/architecture-building-systems/CityEnergyAnalyst/pull/3552
• Fixing database to fit the long unit test by @ShiZhongming in https://github.com/architecture-building-systems/CityEnergyAnalyst/pull/3572
• Optimisation - Calculate the baseline system by @MatNif in https://github.com/architecture-building-systems/CityEnergyAnalyst/pull/3550
• Hotfix-decentralised-optimisaiton-test by @MatNif in https://github.com/architecture-building-systems/CityEnergyAnalyst/pull/3575
• Hotfix two decentralised optimisation workflow test by @ShiZhongming in https://github.com/architecture-building-systems/CityEnergyAnalyst/pull/3579
• Consider adjacent walls by default by @martin-mosteiro in https://github.com/architecture-building-systems/CityEnergyAnalyst/pull/3576
• Add trees as shading for radiation script by @reyery in https://github.com/architecture-building-systems/CityEnergyAnalyst/pull/3574
• Use MKL for Windows to solve memory errors by @reyery in https://github.com/architecture-building-systems/CityEnergyAnalyst/pull/3583

Full Changelog: https://github.com/architecture-building-systems/CityEnergyAnalyst/compare/v3.35.5...v3.36.0