EnergyPlus 24.2 material error for residential model w/ Kiva custom blocks

[shorowit]

Issue overview

We use Kiva in all of our residential models and the E+ 24.2 release (but not the IO Freeze release) produces an error for every model.

** Severe  ** Did not find matching material for Foundation:Kiva="FOUNDATION KIVA 1", Custom Block Material Name, missing material = EXTERIOR VERTICAL INS

The material does exist in the model. So it is probably a bug related to https://github.com/NREL/EnergyPlus/pull/10720.

Example file to reproduce: in.idf

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[mjwitte]

@shorowit Any idea what's different about the Kiva specs in the defect file vs the Kiva example file(s)?

[shorowit]

It looks like it's because we use Kiva custom blocks, I don't see them used in any of the example files.